Killers of the Dream
Lillian Smith
Author cites the evils of segregation for both white and colored people and gives the history of race relations from pre-Civil War days.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN-13
- 9780393311600
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Race relationsSegregationCivil War era
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1950)
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