Lewis Nordan Quote

Between 1882 and 1968, more black people were lynched in MIssissippi than in any other state.

White ain't nothing.'Mama's grip did not lessen. 'It is something, Cassie. White is something just like black is something. Everybody born on this Earth is something, and nobody, no matter what color...

In the 1920s, Jim Crow Mississippi was, in all facets of society, a kleptocracy.

I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end.

In a little while they were kissing. In a little while longer, they made their slow sweet love.The iron bed sounded like a pine forest in an ice storm, like a switch track in a Memphis trainyard, like...

Stay fit and live long and prosper, but write your own obituary now, while you can, just in case.