black freedom movement
March 15, 2019 -
Playwright, actor, educator, and community organizer John O'Neal died last month in New Orleans. In his memory, we share a searing story he wrote that ran in Southern Exposure, the print magazine forerunner of Facing South, in 1997.
February 5, 2018 -
The latest volume by longtime Atlanta cultural worker and political activist Michael Simanga offers rich food for thought during Black History Month.
December 4, 2015 -
Decades before the "sharing economy," African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama used Rosa Parks' arrest to organize a sophisticated city transit system that made the bus boycott a success and became a symbol of the power of collective action for the Southern civil rights struggle.
August 21, 2015 -
The leader of North Carolina's Moral Monday movement remembers Julian Bond for his courage, deep knowledge of Southern history and life-long commitment to building an inclusive movement against racism.
July 1, 1982 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 10 No.
March 1, 1981 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 9 No. 1, "Stayed on Freedom." Find more from that issue here.
December 1, 1975 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 3 No. 4, "Facing South." Find more from that issue here.