Neither Black Nor White
Wilma Dykeman and James Stokely take a courageous stand for racial justice.
Believing that the greatest service to the South and the nation lies in honest praise and constructive criticism, and springing from affectionate concern for the region, Wilma Dykeman and her husband James Stokely produced this illuminating personal narrative of the contemporary South in 1957.
Southerners themselves, Dykeman and Stokely traveled through thirteen states since the 1954 Supreme Court decision ruling against separate but equal schools to collect this kaleidoscopic report on Southern views. The myriad interviews and conversations included in Neither Black Nor White allow Southerners of all shades of opinion and background to express their individual approaches to the problems besetting them.
The many Souths—agricultural or industrial, liberal or conservative, integrated or segregated, rich or poverty-stricken—are revealed in all their disparity. And Southerners caught in the drama of transition taking place are shown in their attempts to cope with change and equality, to overcome fears and tensions, to maintain themselves and their institutions.
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