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honeydewfelon's review
5.0
"The independence of a rural life compensated black families, particularly educated ones, for what the lacked materially. Moreover, it served as a shield against the turmoil erupting all around Mississippi at the time." (19)
"Little things take me back there: the sight of a dogwood tree in spring, a sprig of red clover, the taste of freshly picked peaches." (22)
"If there is anything that makes Southerners distinctive from the main body of Americans, it is a certain burden of memory and a burden of history...I think sensitive Southerners have this in their bones, this profound awareness of the past." --Willie Morris (75)
"During my investigation of the Sovereignty Commission files, the doublespeak and coded speech of the charter and similar treatises served as a continuous source of amusement...The use of the word 'sovereignty' was a crafty sophisticated way of expressing the state of Mississippi's resolve to preserve and protect racial segregation and prevent outsiders from changing Mississippi's segregationist way of life. Dating back to before the Civil War, Mississippi proclaimed its 'sovereignty' under the guise of states' rights as a means of maintaining a status quo acceptable to its white citizens." (83
"Little things take me back there: the sight of a dogwood tree in spring, a sprig of red clover, the taste of freshly picked peaches." (22)
"If there is anything that makes Southerners distinctive from the main body of Americans, it is a certain burden of memory and a burden of history...I think sensitive Southerners have this in their bones, this profound awareness of the past." --Willie Morris (75)
"During my investigation of the Sovereignty Commission files, the doublespeak and coded speech of the charter and similar treatises served as a continuous source of amusement...The use of the word 'sovereignty' was a crafty sophisticated way of expressing the state of Mississippi's resolve to preserve and protect racial segregation and prevent outsiders from changing Mississippi's segregationist way of life. Dating back to before the Civil War, Mississippi proclaimed its 'sovereignty' under the guise of states' rights as a means of maintaining a status quo acceptable to its white citizens." (83
pelachick's review
3.0
Some parts of the book were enlightening. Some parts were just personal. I suppose the book was just not what I was expecting.
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