Lillian Smith (Author) 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) MARGARET ROSE GLADNEY is professor emerita of American Studies at the University of Alabama.Lisa Hodgens (Editor) LISA HODGENS is a professor of English at Piedmont College.

The American people now confront a variety of difficult problems, many of which were thought to have been 'solved' decades ago: discrimination based on race, sexual identity, and economic or social status; seemingly unending, escalating wars and 'rumors of war'; and episodes of unspeakable human brutality not only in the United States but throughout the world. Lillian Smith thought and wrote, often eloquently, about such problems. As this book demonstrates, much of what she had to say, beginning as early as the 1930s, is relevant to our contemporary problems. It also shows, however, that she was not just 'a Southerner confronting the South' but, equally, an American speaking to all of the American people about their past, present, and, no doubt, future problems.

Lillian Smith (Author) 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) MARGARET ROSE GLADNEY is professor emerita of American Studies at the University of Alabama.Lisa Hodgens (Editor) LISA HODGENS is a professor of English at Piedmont College.

The American people now confront a variety of difficult problems, many of which were thought to have been 'solved' decades ago: discrimination based on race, sexual identity, and economic or social status; seemingly unending, escalating wars and 'rumors of war'; and episodes of unspeakable human brutality not only in the United States but throughout the world. Lillian Smith thought and wrote, often eloquently, about such problems. As this book demonstrates, much of what she had to say, beginning as early as the 1930s, is relevant to our contemporary problems. It also shows, however, that she was not just 'a Southerner confronting the South' but, equally, an American speaking to all of the American people about their past, present, and, no doubt, future problems.