Liberty and Responsibility in the Making of the Modern South

History

Liberty and Responsibility in the Making of the Modern South

ABSTRACT

The American South has often been distinct from the rest of the United States on the question of liberty. This conference considered liberty and responsibility in the American South from post-Reconstruction (1870s) through the years of transition (1960s). Readings focused on race, education, and the economy in the New South.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

The South Since Reconstruction. Edited by Thomas D. Clark. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Alderman, Edwin, “Education in the South.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 516-527. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Arkansas Gazette, “Testing Brown vs. Board of Education.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 244-246. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Bartley, Glenda, “Full Circle of Failure.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 590-601. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Clark, Thomas D., “Voter Registration, Citizenship Tests, and Poll Taxes.” in The South Since Reconstruction, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Dickson, Harris, “The Grandfather Clause” In The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 431-441. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

DuBois, W. E. B. , "Relations of the Negroes with the Whites." in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 323-342. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Editorial from The New South (July 1946), “The Texas Negro Education Suit as Seen by a Texas Newspaper” In The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 205-206. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Faulkner, William, “American Segregation and the World Crisis.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 460-465. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Gov. Terry Sanford, "The Ku Klux Klan Has to Go." in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 495-497. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Governor Luther Hodges, “Human Relations Ku Klux Klan Style” In The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 491-494. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Grady, Henry, “The South and Her Problems.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 20-39. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Hart, Albert Bushnell, "Southern Temperament." in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 8-19. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Johnson, Charles S., et al, "The Decline of Cotton." in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 111-123. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Louisiana Constitution, "The Grandfather Clause." in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 152-154. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Mencken, H. L. , "Sahara of the Bozart." in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 546-558. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Mississippi Constitution, “The Mississippi Plan.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 149-151. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Mitchell, S.C., “The Educational Needs of the South.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 528-534. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Odum, Howard W., “A Racial Credo.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 343-347. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Page, Walter Hines, “The Forgotten Man.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 535-545. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Rubin, Louis D. Jr., “A Statement of Principles.” in I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition, edited by Louis D. Rubin Jr., xxxvii-xlvii. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1978.

Supreme Court, “Brown v. Board of Education.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 237-243. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Supreme Court, “Plessy vs. Ferguson.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 155-167. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Supreme Court, “Sweatt v. Painter.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 199-204. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Various Newspapers, "Lynch Law and the Emmitt Till Case." in The South Since Reconstruction , edited by Thomas D. Clark, 424-428. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Washington, Booker T., “Cast Down Your Buckets.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 510-515. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Wilson, Woodrow, “Convict Labor in Georgia.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 409-415. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.

Winston, George T., “The Relationship of the Whites to the Negroes.” in The South Since Reconstruction, edited by Thomas D. Clark, 309-322. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.