“Dixie has just fallen to pieces. There are little patches of Dixie. But even in the heart of Dixie - in Alabama - Dixie is slipping. They've stopped using the word in commercial listings.” HeartLittlesPiecesFallenPatchesAlabamaSlippingDixie Author:John Shelton Reed
“If you care to define the South as a poor, rural region with lousy race relations, that South survives only in geographical shreds and patches and most Southerners don't live there any more.” IfsCarePoorRaceRelationSouthRegionsPatchesRace RelationsSouthernerIf You Care Author:John Shelton Reed