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Tag Archives: Wayne Flynt
Mockingbird Songs
Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee© 2017 Wayne Flynt251 pages When I read Poor but Proud by Wayne Flynt some years ago, I never imagined I’d meet the author, let alone help him carry in boxes of books for … Continue reading
Dixie’s Forgotten People
Dixie’s Forgotten People: the South’s Poor Whites© 1979 Wayne Flynt200 pgs Just poor people is all we were, tryin’ to make a living out of black land dirt.. When Franklin Roosevelt referred to the forgotten man, he was likely thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged American South, history, labor, poverty, race, social history, sociology, Wayne Flynt
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Poor But Proud
Poor but Proud: Alabama’s Poor Whites© 2001 Wayne Flynt488 pages We might be poor but we’re proud And we’re living the best way we know how We don’t have much but we don’t look for pity Cause we’re country poor … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews, Society and Culture
Tagged Alabama, American South, history, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, poverty, social history, Wayne Flynt
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