Vol. 24 No. 3 - Fall 1996

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Way up North in Dixie

• From the Editor

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• Letters

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• Roundup

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• Followup: Tracking Segregation

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• After NAFTA

  As factories flee to Mexico, the trade agreement takes a heavy toll on the rural South. By Sarah Anderson and Karen Harris

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• Up South

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• The Dixification of America

  "Might as well designate 'Dixie' as the official party anthem..." By Ron Nixon

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• Lock on the South

  For better or worse, the South holds the key in the 1996 national elections. By Hastings Wyman Jr.

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• Bleached Out

  The Campaign for a Color-Blind America doesn't want to see black congressional districts. By Michael King

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• Swinging the Vote

  Latinos in Texas and Florida could make a difference in November. By Valerie Menard

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• Young, Black, and Non-Voting

  Some groups are dedicated to getting young African Americans to the polls. By Raoul Dennis

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• Welcome to Union Summer

  One of the students who worked with the AFL-CIO's summer push to organize workers reports on her experience. By Meridith Helton

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• Junebug: Southern Exposure's Storyteller: The Brass Balls of Handsome Bailey

  By Junebug Jabbo Jones

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• Voices from the South: Mapping Appalachia

  By Douglas Reichert Powell

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• Fiction: The Rock Garden

  By Nicola Mason

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• Blueprint for Change: A Show of One's Own

  By Paula M. Welch

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• Reviews of Southern Media: Asylum

  Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness/Feebleminded in Our Midst. By Sandra Barney

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• Still the South: Home Schooling

  By Mary Lee Kerr

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