southern states

Discusses the lifestyle of the large plantations in America's Old South and gives some notable examples, including Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Mississippi's Magnolia Hall.

Introduces readers to the colonial South and its distinctive cuisine by looking at the history, geography, climate, agriculture, and culture of the region. Includes recipes for traditional meals.

Presents the true story of journalist John Howard Griffin who, in the 1950s, had his skin medically darkened and traveled through the Deep South in order to experience first hand the cruelty and injustice of segregation.

Uncle Tom, a slave in the American South, maintains his dignity despite the suffering and eventual death brought upon him by the cruel treatment of a Yankee overseer.

After a personal tragedy, Chicago writer Ava Dabrowski accepts her old college friend's invitation to stay with him and his great-aunts at their idyllic Southern ancestral estate, Woodburn Hall, and as she discovers the family's ancient and modern feuds and rivalries, Ava writes the true stories of the Woodburns.

Presents twenty-five stories by twentieth-century author Eudora Welty, featuring characters and perspectives of the American South.

Profiles the civil rights leader who was active in the Freedom Rides and other major events in the battle against segregation and later became a long-term congressman from Georgia.

Collects critical essays on Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," including selections by Christopher Cox, Liliane K. Arensberg, Cherron A. Barnwell, and others; and includes a chronology of the life of the author.

Examines the lives of the African-Americans activists who worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s--Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Bob Moses, John Lewis, Marion Barry, Bob Zellner, and Diane Nash--and discusses the impact their actions had on the civil rights movement, politics, and twentieth-century society.

Thirteen-year-old Joel Knox is sent to live with his father in rural Alabama after the death of his mother, but instead is met by a sullen stepmother, eccentric cousin, and defiant girl named Idabel who offers Joel the love and approval he never received from his parents.