Perry, Imani. (2022). South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation. New York, NY: ECCO. 387 pp. ISBN: 9780062977403

Excerpt

There are times in history when civilizations and societies have had moments of impasse: those times when individuals must collectively work to move forward by coming to grips with how they reached that moment. The USA has experienced more than a few of these. In these moments of crisis, where the nation was on the brink of collapse, and the pendulum was swinging in an unknown direction, the landscape was destined to change. Among these, the Civil War, the Modern Civil Rights Movement, and one might argue, now. In every case, injustice piled up until momentum forced a correction: the abolition of slavery, the passage of a new and improved Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act, and even a social movement that continued the legacy of the former two. …