Between 1882 and 1968, more black people were lynched in MIssissippi than in any other state.
In the 1920s, Jim Crow Mississippi was, in all facets of society, a kleptocracy.
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...
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...
Roy Dale suspected that Mississippi was beautiful. He wasn't sure. He didn't have anything to compare it to. He hadn't even ever been out of the Delta.
Stay fit and live long and prosper, but write your own obituary now, while you can, just in case.