Reviews for Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation

The average rating for Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-18 00:00:00 William Holland A collection of 18, scholastically-written articles on race in Southern Appalachian from slavery to segregation. The collection presents a more complicated story of race in a region once advertised as being racially-pure by local elites recruiting industry and charitable organizations seeking donations to uplift an impoverished people. In particular, I enjoyed the articles by Richard Drake, John E Stealy III, Charles B. Dew, Wilma A. Dunaway, Ronald L. Lewis, and Joe William Trotter Jr.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-08-09 00:00:00 Adam Podolski This book had a major impact on me when I first read it -- you might say I was traumatized. Interestingly, it was the only book on the Civil Rights movement in our Middle School library on the edge of one of the nation's great Black cities. I never forgot it, and years later got my own copy. It's a terrifying glimpse into a now mostly-vanished world, and good riddance. I was an infant when these events transpired, and a snaggle-toothed old hag when one of the ringleaders of the atrocity was brought to justice, in his eighties. I wonder what the three victims of this crime would say if I could ask them what they think of president Obama's election...