Segregation: The Inner Conflict in the South

First published in 1956, Segregation is a collection of Robert Penn Warren's informal conversations with southerners in the wake of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Warren, who in his own writing often explored the theme of race in American life, traveled through his native region to talk with scores of individuals - taxi drivers, NAACP leaders, members of White Citizens groups, college students, preachers - to report their responses to the Court's decision.

Author: Robert Penn Warren
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 09/01/1994
Pages: 88
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 7.94h x 6.46w x 0.28d
ISBN: 9780820316703

About the Author
ROBERT PENN WARREN (1905-1989), America's first poet laureate, was the author of ten novels and sixteen volumes of poetry, as well as several works of nonfiction. His awards were numerous--three Pulitzer prizes, the Bollinger Prize, the National Book Award, a fellowship prize from the MacArthur Foundation, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.