62 Books in the HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) Category

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When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land

When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land
Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity

Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity
The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir

The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir
Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman’s March and the Story of America’s Largest Emancipation

Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman’s March and the Story of America’s Largest Emancipation
North of Main: Spartanburg’s Historic Black Neighborhoods of North Dean Street, Gas Bottom, and Back of the College

North of Main: Spartanburg’s Historic Black Neighborhoods of North Dean Street, Gas Bottom, and Back of the College
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration

The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration
I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction

I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island

Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island
Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South

Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South
Black Rage In New Orleans: Police Brutality and African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina

Black Rage In New Orleans: Police Brutality and African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina
Gone Home: Race and Roots through Appalachia

Gone Home: Race and Roots through Appalachia
Hattiesburg: An American City in Black and White

Hattiesburg: An American City in Black and White
Slavery and Class in the American South: A Generation of Slave Narrative Testimony, 1840-1865

Slavery and Class in the American South: A Generation of Slave Narrative Testimony, 1840-1865
Black Beauties: African American Pageant Queens in the Segregated South

Black Beauties: African American Pageant Queens in the Segregated South
Jim Crow’s Last Stand (Paperback): Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana

Jim Crow’s Last Stand (Paperback): Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana
The Yellow House: A Memoir

The Yellow House: A Memoir
The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South

The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South
Three Years in Mississippi

Three Years in Mississippi
The Blood of Emmett Till

The Blood of Emmett Till
Under One Roof: The Yankees, the Cardinals, and a Doctor’s Battle to Integrate Spring Training

Under One Roof: The Yankees, the Cardinals, and a Doctor’s Battle to Integrate Spring Training
This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible

This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn And Made America A Democracy

Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn And Made America A Democracy
Jim Crow’s Last Stand: Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana

Jim Crow’s Last Stand: Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana
African Americans of Tampa (Images of America)

African Americans of Tampa (Images of America)
American Uprising

American Uprising
Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black

Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black
The Scottsboro Boys in Their Own Words: Selected Letters, 1931-1950

The Scottsboro Boys in Their Own Words: Selected Letters, 1931-1950
Sundays with Tj

Sundays with Tj
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans

Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans
Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement

Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement
The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story

The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story
The Varieties of Women’s Experiences: Portraits of Southern Women in the Post–Civil War Century

The Varieties of Women’s Experiences: Portraits of Southern Women in the Post–Civil War Century
Unburdened By Conscience: A Black People’s Collective Account Of America’s Ante-Bellum South And The Aftermath

Unburdened By Conscience: A Black People’s Collective Account Of America’s Ante-Bellum South And The Aftermath
The Hemingses Of Monticello: An American Family

The Hemingses Of Monticello: An American Family
Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation

Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation
African Americans of Petersburg

African Americans of Petersburg
Notable Black Memphians

Notable Black Memphians
African Americans of Chattanooga: A History of Unsung Heroes

African Americans of Chattanooga: A History of Unsung Heroes
Acres of Aspiration: The All-Black Towns of Oklahoma

Acres of Aspiration: The All-Black Towns of Oklahoma
White Flight: Atlanta And The Making Of Modern Conservatism (Politics And Society In Twentieth-Century America)

White Flight: Atlanta And The Making Of Modern Conservatism (Politics And Society In Twentieth-Century America)
Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America

Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America
Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)

Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
A Half-Red Sea

A Half-Red Sea
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast

The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An Anthology

The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An Anthology
Growing Up in the Black Belt: Negro Youth in the Rural South

Growing Up in the Black Belt: Negro Youth in the Rural South
Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster

Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South (New Narratives in American History)

In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South (New Narratives in American History)
Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War

Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War
The Sounds of Slavery: Discover African American History Through Songs, Sermons, and Speech

The Sounds of Slavery: Discover African American History Through Songs, Sermons, and Speech
Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi’s Dark Past, A Memoir

Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi’s Dark Past, A Memoir
The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story Of Sally Miller And Her Fight For Freedom in Old New Orleans

The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story Of Sally Miller And Her Fight For Freedom in Old New Orleans
Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story

Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story
The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy

Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy
Tumult and Silence at Second Creek: An Inquiry Into a Civil War Slave Conspiracy

Tumult and Silence at Second Creek: An Inquiry Into a Civil War Slave Conspiracy
Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860

Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860
Race and History: Selected Essays, 1938—1988 (Revised)

Race and History: Selected Essays, 1938—1988 (Revised)
Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: The Memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson

Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: The Memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson
A Southern Odyssey: Travelers in the Antebellum North (Revised)

A Southern Odyssey: Travelers in the Antebellum North (Revised)