“Belief in Some One's right to punish you is the fate of all children in Judaic-Christian culture. But nowhere else, perhaps, have the rich seed-beds of Western homes found such a growing climate for guilt as is produced in the South by the combination of a warm moist evangelism and racial segregation.”
Quote by Lillian Smith
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Lillian Smith
Lillian Smith was an American writer known for her novels and essays that often addressed racial issues in the American South. Born on December 12, 1897, she spent much of her life in the rural town of Decatur, Georgia. Smith's work, marked by its emotional depth and social commentary, includes the novel 'Strange Fruit' and the essay collection 'On the Road to Jim Crow'. She passed away on September 28, 1966. more
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