The Mississippi Summer Project, a.k.a. Freedom Summer
(Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer testifying at the DNC in Atlantic City in August of 1964.)
Fresh Air recently re-ran a segment featuring “Freedom Summer,”
Author Archives: Susan White
“Good White People” and the Failure of Our Imaginations
As a white woman from the South who writes novels that attempt to debunk some of the falsehoods of white, Southern nostalgia,
On Gratitude
My son is six, and has the teensiest penchant for the dramatic (no idea where he got THAT from!) He and I are alike in so many ways,
On Prayer
(Prayer square and blanket made by the NDPC Knit Wits)
It’s pretty much impossible to say anything definitive about living through this time of global pandemic.
Love your neighbor. Stay home.
(Sam putting up banners at my church.)
Hi, friends.
So, how are we all doing?
Me, I’m caught in a cycle of being profoundly aware of what an honest-to-God PRIVILEGE it is to have the ability to stay home,
Gimme Shelter
I hadn’t intended to name this blog. But I think “gimme shelter” works–at least during this time when the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp,
Gimme Shelter
March 25, 2020
Hello! Greetings from the edge of … whatever new world we will enter once this surreal season is over.
Atlanta magazine features six women authors–including SRW
So honored to be a part of this talented gang!
Click link to read the full article:
Atlanta magazine: Scribes of Summer