The South in Black and White

An official Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event, sponsored by Brooklyn Social Media and Old Stone House. The panelists will discuss their perspectives on the South as explicated in their new books spanning the genres of memoir, history, and novel.

Millicent E. Brown is the author of Another Sojourner Looking for Truth: My Journey from Civil Rights to Black Power and Beyond (University of South Carolina Press, April 23, 2024).

Best known as the named plaintiff in the federal court case that forced the initial desegregation of public schools in 1963 South Carolina, her experiences as an activist range across years and well beyond her native state. Another Sojourner Looking for Truth is Brown's insightful reflection on her search for freedom in a nation deeply mired in racist beliefs

Pete Candler is the author of A Deeper South: The Beauty, Mystery and Sorrow of the Southern Road (University of South Carolina Press, May 21, 2024). Candler, who belongs to one of Georgia's most recognizable families, confronts the uncomfortable truths of his own descendants' roles in the South's legacy of white supremacy with a masterful mix of authority and a humbling sense that his own journey of unforgetting and recovering has only just begun.

Deborah Clearman is the author of The Angels of Sinkhole County (New Meridian Arts Press, April 16, 2024). The Angels of Sinkhole County is a humorous novel of death and deception in Appalachia, informed by Deborah's personal knowledge of the landscape. Inseparable from its setting, the characters depict the class divisions and moral dilemmas intrinsic to the region.

David Nicholson is the author of The Garretts of Columbia: A Black American Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration (University of South Carolina Press, January 9, 2024). Based on decades of research and thousands of family letters—The Garretts of Columbia is family history as American history, rich with pivotal events viewed through the lens of the Garretts’ lives. A multigenerational story of hope and resilience, The Garretts of Columbia is an American history of Black struggle, sacrifice, and achievement.

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