The Future of Southern Letters

The Future of Southern Letters
Author: Jefferson Humphries
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 213
Release: 1996
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 0195097823

The New South, though in constant flux, is still haunted by its Gothic ghosts; these essays explore how this paradox contributes to the preeminence of Southern writers.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Letter from Birmingham Jail
Author: Martin Luther King
Publisher: HarperOne
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2025-01-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780063425811

A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's essay "Letter from Birmingham Jail," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. With an afterword by Reginald Dwayne Betts On April 16, 1923, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., responded to an open letter written and published by eight white clergyman admonishing the civil rights demonstrations happening in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. King drafted his seminal response on scraps of paper smuggled into jail. King criticizes his detractors for caring more about order than justice, defends nonviolent protests, and argues for the moral responsibility to obey just laws while disobeying unjust ones. "Letter from Birmingham Jail" proclaims a message - confronting any injustice is an acceptable and righteous reason for civil disobedience. This beautifully designed edition presents Dr. King's speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.

Letters of Mr. William E. Chandler Relative to the So-called Southern Policy of President Hayes

Letters of Mr. William E. Chandler Relative to the So-called Southern Policy of President Hayes
Author: William Eaton Chandler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1878
Genre: Reconstruction
ISBN:

Chandler was a representative on the Republican National Committee from Concord, NH. Chandler criticizes President Rutherford B. Hayes for abandoning his campaign pledge to defend civil rights of Blacks in the South and for betraying southern Blacks and his party by appointing renegade Democrats to public office, especially in South Carolina and Louisiana. Garrison's letter confirms Chandler's views about Hayes and his policy of favoring southern whites over Blacks.