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. 26 No. 1 - Spring 1998
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Southern Exposure cover that reads "Organizing for Dignity" and features an older woman in sunglasses holding a sign

Organizing for Dignity

  • From the Editor

    2

  • Roundup

    3

  • Followup: Linebackers and Astroturf

    "Grassroots Coalition" fighting a Virginia power line is funded by utility company, by Ron Nixon

    7

  • Distress Signal

    Will a government crackdown crush the low-watt radio revolution? By Ron Holmes

    9

  • The School of Assassins

    Pressure mounts to close America's most infamous military training base. By Mike Hudson

    16

  • Digging for Roots

    Are mountain Melungeons a geneological discovery or a virtual community? By Judy Jones

    20

  • Special Institute Report: Organizing for Dignity

    What lessons have southern activists learned as they respond to welfare reform? By Keith Ernst and Kim Diehl

    25

  • Photo Essay: The Redneck Shop

    By Alan Wieder

    39

  • Fiction: Holding Pattern at D. C. National

    By Dave Shaw

    46

  • Reviews

    52

  • Still the South: Ahoy! Pirates!

    By Mary Lee Kerr

    54
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