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. 24 No. 3 - Fall 1996
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Magazine cover with art of Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, other Southern politicians waving Confederate flag and carrying bayonets. Text reads "Way up NORTH in Dixie: How the South is winning the Civil War."

Way up North in Dixie

  • From the Editor

    2

  • Letters

    3

  • Roundup

    4

  • Followup: Tracking Segregation

    12

  • After NAFTA

    As factories flee to Mexico, the trade agreement takes a heavy toll on the rural South. By Sarah Anderson and Karen Harris

    13

  • Up South

    18

  • The Dixification of America

    "Migh as well designate 'Dixie' as the official party anthem..." By Ron Nixon

    19

  • Lock on the South

    For better or worse, the South h olds the key in the 1996 national elections. By Hastings Wyman Jr.

    23

  • Bleached Out

    The Campaign for a Color-Blind America doesn't want to see black congressional districts. By Michael King

    26

  • Swinging the Vote

    Latinos in Texas and Florida could make a difference in November. By Valerie Menard

    35

  • Young, Black, and Non-Voting

    Some groups are dedicated to getting young African Americans to the polls. By Raoul Dennis

    38

  • Welcome to Union Summer

    One of the students who worked with the AFL-CIO's summer push to organize workers reports on her experience. By Meridith Helton

    40

  • Junebug: Southern Exposure's Storyteller: The Brass Balls of Handsome Bailey

    By Junebug Jabbo Jones

    44

  • Voices from the South: Mapping Appalachia

    By Douglas Reichert Powell

    47

  • Fiction: The Rock Garden

    By Nicola Mason

    52

  • Blueprint for Change: A Show of One's Own

    By Paula M. Welch

    58

  • Reviews of Southern Media: Asylum

    Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness/Feebleminded in Our Midst. By Sandra Barney

    60

  • Still the South: Home Schooling

    By Mary Lee Kerr

    64
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