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27 de ago. de 2019 · Author and activist Lillian Smith (1897–1966) was a daughter of the Jim Crow South, who fought segregation with all her might. The new documentary “Breaking the Silence” tells her story. She wrote seven books, including the 1944 bestseller “Strange Fruit.” (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
Lillian Smith. From her home on Screamer Mountain overlooking Clayton, Georgia, Lillian Smith wrote and spoke openly against racism and segregation long before the civil rights era. A conservatory-trained music teacher who left the profession to assume charge of her family's girls' camp in Rabun County, Smith began her literary career writing ...
19 de dez. de 2018 · In 1954, Georgia writer and social activist Lillian Smith, white daughter of the Jim Crow South, wrote of white people telling the truth in a way that could liberate others. “The importance of breaking the silence,” she said, “lies in our willingness to give up pretensions to a power and perfection we had no right to in the first place.”
1 de set. de 2016 · LILLIAN SMITH (1897-1966) was a writer, teacher, lecturer, and civil rights activist. Born in Florida, Smith spent much of her life in Georgia. She is the author of seven books, including Killers of the Dream, Strange Fruit, and One Hour, and was also the founding editor of the magazine South Today. Margaret Rose Gladney (Editor)
13 de abr. de 2006 · En 1944, Lillian Smith signe le premier manifeste littéraire pour l'égalité des Noirs. A travers les espoirs trahis de la jolie Nonnie Anderson, dans une société où chacun sait rester à sa place, elle attaque de front, et sans épargner personne, le racisme, le sexisme, le fondamentalisme religieux et la crispation des classes sociales de l'immuable mentalité du Sud.
1 de set. de 2016 · A Lillian Smith Reader offers the first comprehensive compilation of Smith’s large and diverse body of writing, including excerpts from her fiction along with selections that cover the full range of her gifts as a creative writer of nonfiction and social commentary.
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20 de out. de 2016 · Smith is best known for her 1944 incendiary novel Strange Fruit, which was banned in Boston and Detroit shortly after its release and seized by the U.S. Postal Service. The controversy only fueled its acclaim, Strange Fruit became the no. 1 bestseller that year. It relates a love story between a light-skinned African American girl and a white ...
