Southern Exposure is an award-winning print journal and magazine published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation and won several awards, including a National Magazine Award and two George Polk Awards, for its writing and investigative reporting on a broad range of political, economic, and cultural issues in the South.

Vol. 20 No. 1 - Spring 1992
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Magazine cover with drawing of settler meeting Indigenous persons, reading "When Old Worlds Meet: Southern Indians Since Columbus"

When Old Worlds Meet

  • Dateline: The South

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  • Southern News Roundup

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  • Does Affirmative Action Work?

    A comprehensive look at regional employment by race and gender since 1970. An Institute Report.

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  • When Old Worlds Meet

    Southern historians are just beginning to explore the Native American past—and its connections to the present. By Peter H. Wood.

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  • Look Upon the Great Mound

    Long before Columbus, rich and varied cultures thrived among the diverse peopls who inhabited the South since the Ice Age. Pre-1492

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  • A War of Fire and Blood

    Spanish outsiders who encountered the first Southerners brought momentous changes, both intentional and unintentional. 1492-1592

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  • In the Midst of Great Death

    English newcomers joined the invasion of the Southern coast, extending a deadly "harvest of souls" among the Indians. 1592-1692

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  • Like Snow Before the Sun

    During the 18th century, Native Americans used every tool of diplomacy and warfare in a desperate struggle for survival. 1692-1792

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  • Hold on to the Land

    How cotton and plantation-era politics drove the Cherokees, Choctaws, and others off their lands and into the West. 1792-1892

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  • Just to be Recognized

    Five centuries after Columbus, the South remains home to nearly 300,000 Native Americans. 1892-1992

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  • Fiction: Bonnie Ledet

    By Tim Parrish

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  • Southern Voices: Alex Haley Remembered

    Interview with Anne Romaine

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  • H-2B

    A federal program helps crab houses drive away local workers and import Mexican women to do the dirty work. By Lane Windham and Eric Bates.

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  • Shuckers and Peelers

    The Southern seafood industry has been exploiting migrant labor since the turn of the century. By David Cecelski.

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