kim_n31's review against another edition
4.0
I'm starting a new category of "books I want to finish, but they need to go back to the library". I'm moving and as much as I want to finish this book, I know I'm not going to before I leave town, so it's on the list for the first library expedition at the other library once I'm moved.
ETA: I've finished the book and it's quite good. It's very wide ranging and ties together a number of threads of Southern culture to explore what happened in the generation prior to the "official" Civil Rights Movement. However, my main criticism is also connected to its breadth- it's a sizable book and by the end, I was mostly just skimming because it gets a little bogged down in detail. I'd still recommend it, because I did learn a lot about early-mid 20th century in the South and about Civil Rights efforts prior to Brown v Board, but I almost think it would have been better as two volumes.
ETA: I've finished the book and it's quite good. It's very wide ranging and ties together a number of threads of Southern culture to explore what happened in the generation prior to the "official" Civil Rights Movement. However, my main criticism is also connected to its breadth- it's a sizable book and by the end, I was mostly just skimming because it gets a little bogged down in detail. I'd still recommend it, because I did learn a lot about early-mid 20th century in the South and about Civil Rights efforts prior to Brown v Board, but I almost think it would have been better as two volumes.
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