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Race Against Time: Culture and Separation in Natchez Since 1930
Race Against Time Culture and Separation in Natchez Since 1930 Author:Jack E. Davis While many studies of race relations have focused on the black experience, Race against Time strives to unravel the emotional and cultural foundations of race in the white mind. Jack E. Davis combed primary documents in Natchez, Mississippi, and absorbed the towns oral history to understand white racial attitudes thre over the past seven ... more »decades, a period rich in social change, strife, and reconciliation. What he found in this community that cultivates for profit a romantic view of the Old South challenges conventional assumptions about racial prejudice.« less