![]() ![]() She contends that paying attention to the south, its past, present, and “threatening future,” allows us to understand our nation and to determine what we must do to address the “national sins” and entrenched racism in our communities, cities, and states. Thus, South to America is both Perry’s memoir of the history of her origins and a history of a southern portion of the United States that represents the diversity of people in America. ![]() Her reflections provide readers with the historical significance of these regions as an observer and as one who may have origins in these areas. Perry’s journey begins with origin stories of Blacks in Appalachia, Virginia, Louisville, Maryland, and Washington DC. South to America, A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry, winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction, is a memoir of her exploration of the South: its paradoxes, its landscape, its history of violence and criminalization of Black people, and the intricate and complicated relationships between Black and Whites. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon ![]()
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