| The Best of Enemies Lib/E: Race and Redemption in the New South Contributor(s): Davidson, Osha Gray (Author), Sellon-Wright, Keith (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1538469243 ISBN-13: 9781538469248 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $90.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.6" W x 6.1" (1.05 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Locality - Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: C. P. Ellis grew up in the poor white section of Durham, North Carolina, and as a young man joined the Ku Klux Klan. Ann Atwater, a single mother from the poor black part of town, quit her job as a household domestic to join the civil rights fight. During the 1960s, as the country struggled with the explosive issue of race, Atwater and Ellis met on opposite sides of the public school integration issue. Their encounters were charged with hatred and suspicion. In an amazing set of transformations, however, each of them came to see how the other had been exploited by the South's rigid power structure, and they forged a friendship that flourished against a backdrop of unrelenting bigotry. Rich with details about the rhythms of daily life in the mid-twentieth-century South, The Best of Enemies offers a vivid portrait of a relationship that defied all odds. By placing this very personal story into broader context, Osha Gray Davidson demonstrates that race is intimately tied to issues of class and that cooperation is possible-even in the most divisive situations-when people begin to listen to one another. |
Contributor Bio(s): Davidson, Osha Gray: - Osha Gray Davidson is a journalist and author, most recently of Clean Break: The Story of Germany's Energy Transformation and What Americans Can Learn from It. Sellon-Wright, Keith: -Keith Sellon-Wright is an audiobook narrator and an actor with more than thirty years of experience in Hollywood. His television roles have included Frasier, Seinfeld, The West Wing, Mad Men, Parks and Recreation, Grey's Anatomy, and Scandal. He also serves as a voice of the New York Times, narrating selected articles for their daily audio edition. |