Civil Rights Chronicle: Letters from the South (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780878059539)

Anyone who says nothing has changed must have forgotten or never have known the daily indignities, not to mention the powerless position, of African Americans in the South before the 1960s. A white California teacher named Clarice T. Campbell wrote detailed letters to family and friends about her "small adventures" while studying at the universities of Alabama and Mississippi and teaching at black Mississippi and South Carolina colleges. She was a keen eyewitness during troubled times. her letters reveal a time and a place as well as her observant, feeling nature.

Motivated to educate or remind, Campbell has collected and edited these amazing letters. They tell of racial injustice she encountered, whether shopping, having her car repaired, or dining in cafes and restaurants. Everywhere, she recognized matters that she deemed "wrong." But only she and a few others dared to speak out. With her clear insight into a closed society being broken open, these collective letters to the world

Author: Clarice T. Campbell
ISBN-10: 0878059539
ISBN-13: 9780878059539
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1997
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.03w x 0.74d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 10/26/1997 pg. 39
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1997 pg. 68
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1998 pg. 68