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. 22 No. 4 - Winter 1994
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Magazine cover with a group of girls laughing and smiling in a car, reads "Drive-Through South: From teen cruising to hospital scams, seven award-winning journalists offer a tour of the rapidly changing region"

Drive-Through South

  • From the Editor

    2

  • Roundup

    3

  • Followup

    9

  • Striving for Equilibrium

    The Southern press after World War II did not lead the way in race relations. By John Egerton

    11

  • Carving a New Economy

    Great ideas take a back seat in rural development in Kentucky. By Bill Bishop

    15

  • Patient Pipeline

    Brokers give patients the treatment. By Carol A. Marbin and Jeff Testerman

    18

  • The Big Tree Farm

    Alabama ecologists pine for other trees. By Katherine Bouma

    22

  • Beneath the Surface

    Why are they buying and selling landfills in Sumter County, South Carolina? By Eileen Waddell

    26

  • A Second Chance

    A young sex offender in Florida gets a rare chance to change his life. By Sally B. Kestin

    29

  • Life in the Turn Lane

    Drive-by dating is the updated version of cruising in Lynchburg, Virginia. By Jan Vertefeuille and Caroline Nylen

    31

  • It's Hard to Say Goodbye

    The last graduating class in Summerton, South Carolina's black high school talks about the place Brown v. Board of Education built.

    34

  • Voices: Cane Country Images

    By Quo Vadis Gex-Breaux

    37

  • A Long Skinny House to Fit This Land

    The community-based economic development movement is surviving, even thriving in the South. By A. Lorraine Strauss

    40

  • Development With Dignity

    A survey of 50 groups shows the underlying strengths of community economic development. By Isaiah Madison

    42

  • Bringing the Dry Bones Together

    Community economic development practitioners discuss money, race, and organizing. By Molly Chilson

    47

  • A Moment of Gratitude

    By Deborah Noyes

    51

  • Junebug: Elmer Fudd's Fingers

    By Junebug Jabbo Jones

    56

  • Blueprint: Hunting Hate

    By Loretta Ross

    58

  • Review: Local People

    By Julian Bond

    60

  • Resources: More on Mississippi Freedom Summer

    By Janet Irons

    63

  • Still in the South: The Old South

    By Mary Lee Kerr

    64
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