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Ernest Wright: "People's Champion"

By Keith Weldon Medley

May 1, 1984 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 12 No. 3, "Painting South." Find more from that issue here.

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Better Voters, Better Politicians: Hope for Political Reform

By Julian Bond

March 1, 1979 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 7 No. 1, "Behind Closed Doors." Find more from that issue here. …