During the civil rights era, masses of people marched in the streets, boycotted stores, and registered to vote. Others challenged racism in ways more solitary but no less life changing. These twenty-three stories give a voice to the nameless, ordinary citizens without whom the movement would have failed. From bloody melees at public lunch counters to anxious musings at the family dinner table, the diverse experiences depicted in this anthology make the civil rights movement as real and immediate as the best histories and memoirs.
Each story focuses on a particular, sometimes private,...
During the civil rights era, masses of people marched in the streets, boycotted stores, and registered to vote. Others challenged racism in ways mo...
This history of South Carolina seeks to explicate the apparent paradoxes which defined the state in the colonial era. The author offers observations about its ascension to the pinnacle of mid-18th-century prosperity, escalating racial tension, political struggles and the push for revolution.
This history of South Carolina seeks to explicate the apparent paradoxes which defined the state in the colonial era. The author offers observations a...
Manners, mystery, and maniacs in O'Connor's unforgettable fiction
Describing Flannery O'Connor's fiction as "violent, grotesque, and horribly funny, with a twist", Margaret Earley Whitt explores the canon of the Georgia writer whose work has long haunted and harassed its readers. In a comprehensive survey that encompasses O'Connor's short stories, novels, essays, and letters, as well as the body of criticism that has proliferated since her death in 1964, Whitt illumines the religious themes and bizarre characters that make O'Connor's prose so strikingly different from that of other American...
Manners, mystery, and maniacs in O'Connor's unforgettable fiction
Describing Flannery O'Connor's fiction as "violent, grotesque, and horribly funny,...
Understanding Gloria Naylor introduces readers to the literal and mythical places, recurring characters, and rich literary allusions that distinguish Naylor's award-winning fiction. Margaret Earley Whitt offers an introduction to Naylor's first five novels, underscoring the passion with which Naylor writes about women living on the margins of their communities. Whitt discloses how Naylor tells the stories of these women and how she helps readers see that all heroines live a life of significance.
Suggesting that Naylor's work provides an inherently southern perspective -- despite her being...
Understanding Gloria Naylor introduces readers to the literal and mythical places, recurring characters, and rich literary allusions that distinguish ...
