South of Freedom
Originally published in 1952 and long out of print, South of Freedom is a first-rate account of what it was like to live as a second-class citizen, to experience the segregation, humiliation, danger, stereotypes, economic exploitation, and taboos that were all part of life for African Americans in the 1940s and 1950s. For this edition, Douglas Brinkley provides a new introduction, incorporating recent interviews with Rowan to place the work in the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807121703
ISBN13:9780807121702
Release Date:April 1997
Publisher:LSU Press
Length:270 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"
Customer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Carl Rowan's account of his travels through the American South in the 1950s brings to life the harsh realities of the racial inequalites that existed in our great nation just a half a century ago. I used this book as a primary source in a US History Survey course. I would reccomend this book to high school and college age students as well as adults who are interested in race relations just prior to the Civil Rights Movement.
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