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. 12 No. 4 - July/August 1984
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Magazine cover with photo of multigenerational Chinese family celebrating birthday against a blue background

The Chinese: 100 Years in the South

  • Southern News Roundup

    2

  • Facing South

    Raymond Washington

    10

  • Resources

    11

  • Voices of our Neighbors

    12

  • The Knuckle Buster

    George Osborne

    14

  • Chinese in the South: Heat in the Delta

    Adria Bernardi

    20

  • Chinese in the South: Early Arrivals

    Lucy M. Cohen

    24

  • Penny Resistance

    Donna Gorman and Jerome Gorman

    31

  • African Dance

    Jane Desmond

    35

  • Zoning in Miami

    Bob Lowe and R. A. Zaldivar

    39

  • Tomato Song

    Dorothy Allison

    47

  • The Klan Attack on Schools

    Mab Segrest

    48

  • A Long Way to Go

    Anne Braden

    53

  • Reviews

    63

  • Bulletin Board of the South

    63

  • Voices from the Past

    Barbara Deming

    64
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