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. 13 No. 2/3 - March-June 1985

Magazine cover with three photos of elderly people

Older Wiser Stronger: Southern Elders

  • Readers Corner

    2
  • Southern News Roundup

    3
  • Facing South

    7
  • Voices of Our Neighbors

    8
  • Older, Wiser, Stronger

    10
  • Old People's Day

    14
  • The Measure of My Days

    19
  • "Don't Send Me Flowers When I'm Dead. I Want Them Now."

    21
  • "It's In the Doing That You Get Your Strength"

    24
  • Percy Took Me By the Hand

    32
  • The Long View of Elder Activists

    34
  • Grassroots Power

    40
  • Attacking Elder Abuse

    46
  • A Kids-Eye View of Elders

    50
  • West Virginia Elders Make a Difference

    52
  • Communities on the Move

    57
  • Close, Close Peoples

    60
  • I'm Warning You

    61
  • Fifty Years of Eternal Vigilance

    62
  • The Older I Get, the Closer I Get to the Ground

    68
  • Barbara Deming: 1917-1984

    72
  • Makin' Gumbo

    76
  • The For-Profit Hospital Juggernaut

    78
  • Tennessee's Real People

    88
  • Citizen Participation is the Key to Victory

    94
  • Crone

    100
  • "I Never Had It So Good"

    102
  • The Old Old in Florida

    104
  • Home Is Where They Want to Be

    108
  • Now They've Got to Treat Folks Right

    113
  • Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform

    116
  • Persistence is the Key

    120
  • "Doing the Right Thing"

    125
  • The Biggest Question Mark of All

    126
  • An Experience with Death

    127
  • The Jazz Funeral

    128
  • Growing Old Southern

    130
  • Promises to Keep

    133
  • Showdown at the White House

    135
  • SSI: What Does It Stand For?

    137
  • Our Federal Health Programs Can Be Saved

    140
  • Social Security

    141
  • Friends and Others

    143
  • Resources

    148
  • Bulletin Board of the South

    151
  • A Voice of the Future

    152
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