Killers of the Dream
Lillian Smith
#2113 of 3,809 books · #727 in History
Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1950).
Author cites the evils of segregation for both white and colored people and gives the history of race relations from pre-Civil War days.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- ISBN-13
- 9780393311600
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Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1950)
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