Southern Exposure was an award-winning print journal published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation for its writing on a broad range of political and cultural issues in the South, with a special emphasis on investigative journalism and oral history.

On the 50th anniversary of Southern Exposure’s birth, Facing South and the Institute will be publishing a full digital archive of the journal over the course of the year. The initial installment of the archives available in March 2023 includes issues from the magazine’s launch in 1973 through 1981.

Vol. 11 No. 2 - March/April 1983
< Previous / Next >

protrait of a woman

Neighbors

  • Readers Corner

    Emma and the MX, by Bob Brinkmeyer

    3

  • Letters from our Readers

    2

  • Southern News Roundup

    Mississippi prison strike; alternative fund awards; rural schools; and more

    4

  • Voices of Our Neighbors

    Basque Cooperatives, Video Villainy

    10

  • Facing South

    Building Boats for the Working People, by Richard Lebovitz

    12

  • Resources

    Statistics on children; pregnant miners handbook; peace resources; self-help housing

    13

  • Reviews

    Georgia photographs, feminist anthology, and more

    68

  • Voices from the Past

    James McBride Dabbs: Southern Liberal, by John Egerton

    72

  • Grass and Gravel

    An artist transcends physical handicaps to pursue his chosen work, by David A. Sampson

    14

  • A Cloud on the Horizon

    Rural citizens fight against Agent White, by Dee Reid

    25

  • The Boomer Chronicles

    a 1,900-mile canoe trip raises $ 11,600 for Tennessee organizing by Charles Winfrey

    33

  • To Do What’s Right

    Kentucky health clinic founder wins the 1982 Wonder Woman Award, by Dorothy Hall Peddle

    39

  • Howard Be Thy Name

    Poetry, by Charles Ghigna

    44

  • An Act of Faith

    A Texas bishop tells why he fights against the arms race, by Sam Totten and Martha Wescoat Totten

    46

  • The Incarceration of Annie

    a Piay for one woman, by Rebecca Ranson

    51

  • It Seems to Help Me Bear It

    Support networks among nineteenth century women, by Margaret Bolsterli

    58

  • Digging Black History

    Archaeology students uncover a hidden past, and

    62

  • For Peat’s Sake

    with modern overtones, by Peter Wood

    62
Full PDF