Southern Exposure

August 1, 1994 - How black citizens in one North Carolina county staged a year-long boycott to save their schools.

March 1, 1994 - A chalky white clay called kaolin is used to coat the cover of this magazine and to make hundreds of other products. So why are people in kaolin-rich counties in Georgia so poor?

March 1, 1994 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 22 No. 1, "Proud Threads." Find more from that issue here.

March 1, 1994 - Workers thought the days of paternalism at Cone Mills were long past — until the company promised to make them part-owners.

March 1, 1994 - Filmmakers documenting the textile uprising of 1934 discover fear, silence, and a complex link between past and present.

March 1, 1994 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 22 No. 1, "Proud Threads." Find more from that issue here.

March 1, 1994 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 22 No. 1, "Proud Threads." Find more from that issue here.