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. 1 - Spring 1996
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Magazine cover with rainbow gradient background and man ID'd as Cedric Maurice mouth open with hands stretched out, text reads "Falling Apart/Coming Together: Can we overcome our differences?"

Falling Apart/Coming Together

  • From the Editor

    2

  • Roundup

    3

  • Followup: Poverty, Inc.

    By Mike Hudson

    9

  • Virginia for Sale

    Business interests and campaign contributors decide what's best for the state. By Mike Hudson and Cathryn McCue

    10

  • Voices: God Don't Make Mistakes

    Notes of a "professional queer." By Stan Holt

    15

  • Falling Apart/Coming Together

    There are ways of making us talk. By Dottye Burt-Markowitz, Stan Markowitz, and the staff of the Piedmont Peace Project

    20

  • Crossing the Line

    Staff of the Piedmont Peace Project tell how they build bridges to different groups. By Laurie Schecter

    21

  • A Bridge Not Yet Built

    Low-income white men are not a lost cause. By Jesse Wimberley

    25

  • A Bridge Not Yet Built

    Southern theaters struggle to work and play together. By Pat Arnow

    28

  • All God's Children?

    The Christian right is trying to appeal to African Americans. By Ron Nixon

    34

  • The Lion and the Lamb

    Some Southern churches embrace diversity. By Mary Lee Kerr

    36

  • Profiles in Cooperation

    Grassroots groups are mixing their cultivars to build a stronger turf. By Jan Hearne

    39

  • The Business of Anti-Racism

    Diversity training is a new and growing industry. By Gary Delgado

    44

  • Resources

    48

  • Fiction: Awake, Awake and Fly Away

    By Jennifer Moses

    49

  • Junebug: Ms. Antoinette's Version of the Rabbit and the Turtle

    By Junebug Jabbo Jones

    55

  • Blueprint: Moonlighting for Justice

    By Lynda McDaniel and Betsy Barton

    59

  • Review: The Myth of Aunt Jemima by Diane Roberts

    By Kevin O'Kelly

    62

  • Still the South: Fire Ants

    By Mary Lee Kerr

    64
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