A Black historian journeys south to confront the past – and present
by Andrea Collier
Feb 23, 2022
2 minutes
The American South has never fit neatly into the framework of the United States, even before enslaved Africans were brought to the nation’s shores. But to understand America, and especially the topic of race, requires looking at the Southern states, writes Imani Perry in “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the
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