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. 22 No. 1 - Spring 1994
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Magazine cover with photo of woman pointing to union logo on shirt, text reads "Proud Threads: Twenty years after beating JP Stevens, what have textile workers won?"

Proud Threads

  • From the Editor

    2

  • Southern News Roundup

    3

  • Followup

    9

  • White Gold

    Middle Georgia produces $1 billion worth of kaolin, a chalky white clay. So why are people in kaolin-rich counties so poor? By Charles Seabrook

    10

  • "A New Day in Dixie"

    Twenty years after beating J.P. Stevens, mill workers in Roanoke Rapids have reshaped their community. By William M. Adler

    16

  • Taking Stock

    Workers thought the days of paternalism at Cone Mills were long past—until the company offered to make them part-owners. By Barry Yeoman

    28

  • Losing Our Shirts

    Here's how your tax dollars have helped eliminate nearly 500,000 textile and apparel jobs since 1980. By Eric Bates

    32

  • Diary of an Organizer

    When it comes to voting for a union, the majority doesn't always rule. By Lane Windham

    36

  • Sewing History

    Filmmakers documenting the textile uprising of 1934 discover a complex and surprising relationship between past and present. By Judith Helfand

    42

  • Fiction: Plowing

    By Erich Thomas

    45

  • Voices: Beyond Stereotypes

    By Jereann King

    50

  • Junebug: Preacher in the Cornfield

    By Junebug Jabbo Jones

    52

  • Lulu's Story

    In the sugar cane country of south Louisiana, a grandmother recalls a lifetime on the plantation. By Patsy Sims

    54

  • Reviews: Picturing the Past

    By George C. Stoney

    61

  • Resources

    63
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