A Bit of Advice From C. Vann Woodward
C. Vann Woodward, perhaps America's greatest historian, once wrote the following words about the South that seem especially important for progressives to remember today.
"The expression 'Solid South' . . . is of questionable value. . . The solidarity of the region has long been exaggerated. Thus one New Yorker wrote in 1879 (or was that 2004?), 'Find what a Virginian or a Georgian is thinking on any question of national politics and you need not ask what a Louisianan or Texan is thinking." In point of fact though, there is "(N)o love lost betwen the . . . gentry and the . . . commoners, then or now."
Perhaps a little wisdom from the century's most astute observer of the South, perhaps even a little direction for the future mixed in? More to come.
"The expression 'Solid South' . . . is of questionable value. . . The solidarity of the region has long been exaggerated. Thus one New Yorker wrote in 1879 (or was that 2004?), 'Find what a Virginian or a Georgian is thinking on any question of national politics and you need not ask what a Louisianan or Texan is thinking." In point of fact though, there is "(N)o love lost betwen the . . . gentry and the . . . commoners, then or now."
Perhaps a little wisdom from the century's most astute observer of the South, perhaps even a little direction for the future mixed in? More to come.
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