Vol. 23 No. 1 - Spring 1995
Image of the South
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Special Report: Banker's Delight
How to win friends, influence people—and get richer—in North Carolina.
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Followup: Belly Up on the Mississippi
By Jenny Labalme
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Followup: Belly Up on the Mississippi
By Jean Haskell Speer
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Black Prism, White Lens
Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston's turn-of-the-century photographs show the white Victorian ideal of the Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes. By Edward D. C. Campbell Jr.
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A Mirror Wise-Cracked
Filthy and free, the hillbilly image mirrors the best and the worst in us. By J. W. Williamson
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Revenge is Sweet
When faced with daunting stereotypes, the east Tennessee writer restrains her dark and terrible instincts. By Jo Carson
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Plantation Politics?
African-American Republicans bear little resemblance to their Reconstruction-era forebears. By Ron Nixon
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From Booker T. Washington to Clarence Thomas
The voice of the pre-eminent black leader of his time resonates for black conservatives today. By Rickey Hill
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Whatever happened to Southern Democrats?
They turned Republican. By D. Keith Miles
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A New Leaf
As tobacco production declines across the United States, farmers explore alternatives. By Eric Bates
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Fiction: Unfortunate Son
By Mark Vassallo
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Voices: Reaching for Heaven in the Public Schools
By Mubarak S. Dahir
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Voices: Notes from a Feminist Mom
By Sheridan Hill
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Junebug: Too Heavy to Heist
By Junebug Jabbo Jones
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Blueprint: Lending a Helping Hand
By the Center for Women's Economic Alternatives
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Review: Appalachia Revisited
By John Alexander Williams
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Resources: Mountain Memoirs
By Pat Arnow
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Still the South: Women in Politics
By Mary Lee Kerr
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