A Place of Their Own
Seventh in a Series on the Federation of Southern Cooperatives We all need “A Room of One’s Own” as Virginia Woolf wrote nearly a century ago—a place where we feel…
Federation Gets Off to a Strong Start Thanks to Visionary Leadership
Sixth in a series about the Federation of Southern Cooperatives When the group of 22 individuals signed on to the new Federation’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws in 1967, their…
The Great Society Helps to Jump-Start the Federation
Fifth in a Series on the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Washington, DC loves political drama, whether it’s delivered daily through the news media or in the form of a retrospective.…
Carol Prejean Zippert – the Creative Voice of the Federation
Fourth in a Series on the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Every movement has its poet, its chronicler, it’s creative voice. For the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, that voice—for its entire 50…
Congressman John Lewis (GA) Offers Tribute to the Federation’s Legacy
Third in a Series on the Federation of Southern Cooperatives At its 50th Anniversary celebration in Birmingham, Alabama, earlier this year, Congressman John Lewis provided a fitting tribute to the…
The Start of the Southern Black Cooperative Movement
Second in a Series on the Federation of Southern Cooperatives I’m reading a little-known but important work by former U.S. Labor Secretary Ray Marhsall and former Ford and Rockefeller Foundations…
Lighting a Candle instead of Cursing the Darkness
First in a Series on the Federation of Southern Cooperatives It’s been more than six months since I published my last blog post, which announced the publication of a friend’s…