Davidson, Osha Gray: The Best of Enemies : Race and Redemption in the New South; New York: Scribner 1996. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 336 pages. Hardcover.
Southern States - Race Relations - Case Studies Greensboro (North Carolina) - Local History Civil Rights Movements - United States - History Social Change Social Activism Racism Afro-American - Social Conditions Black Studies Ku Klux Klan Social History - 20th Century
Very Good/Very Good-. Front board lightly warped, light tone, some foxing to top edge, "Not For Resale" stamped on front free endpaper, owner's signature on flyleaf, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket dampstain inside at spine tail, front flap creasing, top edge tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.
"I first read about the amazing friendship between C P Ellis and Ann Atwater in Studs Terkel's book Race. The story of two individuals who stepped across the color line was something special ..." - Acknowledgments. "During the 1960s, as the country struggled with the explosive issues of race and class, Ann met C P on opposite sides of the public school integration issue. Their encounters were charged with hatred and suspicion. Gradually, though, Ann and C P each came to see how the other had been exploited by the South's rigid power structure, and they forged a friendshp that even today flourishes againsts a background of renewed bigotry. In our racially divisive times, Osha Gray Davidson gives us a vivid portrait of a friendship that defied the odds. And with characteristic skill and elan he probes one of the most crucial concerns at the heart of our culture: how and why race is a potentially destructive force. The Best of Enemies weaves rich history with an inspiring personal saga to depict the triumph of the human spirit over the tragic past." First Edition, First Printing of this outstanding non-fiction account of change in the South, later the basis of the 2019 motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell.

Very Good/Very Good-. Front board lightly warped, light tone, some foxing to top edge, "Not For Resale" stamped on front free endpaper, owner's signature on flyleaf, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket dampstain inside at spine tail, front flap creasing, top edge tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.

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