Southern Exposure is an award-winning print journal and magazine published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation and won several awards, including a National Magazine Award and two George Polk Awards, for its writing and investigative reporting on a broad range of political, economic, and cultural issues in the South.

Vol. 28 No. 1/2 - Spring/Summer 2000
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Magazine cover with photo of Confederate statue on brown background. Text reads "Lies Across the South"

Lies Across the South

  • From the Editor

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  • Letters

    3

  • Around the Institute

    6

  • Southern News Roundup

    8

  • CPR for a Troubled City

    Citizens in Knoxville have learned that winning a review board doesn't solve the problem of unaccountable police. By Rick Held

    17

  • No Justice; Disturbing the Peace

    The Chattanooga three are not only challenging the police department—they're fighting a state-wide statute they feel squelches dissent. By Jordan Green

    20

  • Who Killed Martin Luther King?

    Theories and conspiracies abound, but it took a Memphis jury only three hours last December to agree on one thing: the official story doesn't stand up. By Douglas Valentine

    23

  • Lies Across the South

    Our museums, monuments, markers, and other historic sites say a lot about how we remember our past—with implications for the present. James Loewen takes us on a journey through the South's historical sites. By James W. Loewen

    33

  • Reviews

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