In Search of the Silent South: Southern Liberals and the Race Issue

Discusses the Southern liberals who criticized the maladjustment of race relations in the South, recognized that the existing system resulted in grave injustices for blacks, and who either actively endorsed or engaged in programs to aid Southern blacks in their fight against lynching, disfranchisement, segregation, and other blatant discrimination during the Jim Crow era. It also describes the influences of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and World War II influenced the Southern liberal.