That is true. Mississippi, for example. The planter class wrote the 1890 constitution, which is still in force today. They placed the colleges in rural areas so only the well to do could gain an education. They discouraged industry. It was a true ag mentality.
Because the Republicans had done soooooooooo much for the South at that point.
FDR was the first national leader to recognize the problem of an impoverished South. I don’t like his solutions, but he was the first one to say something was wrong. At least he backed the South on the railroad fight.
I said the online version was current. However, if you look at that hard copy, its the Sept./Oct 2014 edition- which I never saw in the bookstores as I usually do.