Reading and Signing of "The Southernization of America" with Frye Gaillard

186 W Main St,Spartanburg SC 29306

19 May, 2022

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In-Shop Reading and Signing with Frye Gaillard, Co-Author of "The Southernization of America" Join us at 6pm on Thursday, May 19th for a reading and signing with Frye Gaillard, co-author of The Southernization of America: A Story of Democracy in the Balance. An award-winning journalist and author, Gaillard has written extensively on Southern race relations, politics, and culture. Co-authored with Pulitzer Prize winner Cynthia Tucker, this compelling new series of linked essays explores a variety of contemporary issues -- including the backlash against President Obama, the rise of the Christian right, and the January 6th assault on the Capitol -- to consider the ways in which the nation seems to have absorbed the worst qualities that have defined the South.  This event is free and open to all; save your seat and your copy of the book with a ticket! About the Book In 1974 John Egerton published his seminal work, The Americanization of Dixie. Pulitzer Prize-winner Cynthia Tucker and award-winning author Frye Gaillard carry Egerton’s thesis forward in The Southernization of America, a compelling series of linked essays considering the role of the South in shaping America’s current political and cultural landscape. They dive deeper, examining the morphing of the Southern strategy of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan into the Republican Party of today, the racial backlash against President Obama, family separation on our southern border, the rise of the Christian right, the white supremacist riots in Charlottesville, the death of George Floyd, and the attack on our nation’s capitol. They find hope in the South too, a legacy rooted in the civil rights years that might ultimately lead the nation on the path to redemption. Tucker and Gaillard bring a multiracial perspective and years of political reporting to bear on a critical moment in American history, a time of racial reckoning and democracy under siege. About the Co-Author Frye Gaillard is an award-winning journalist and the author of more than thirty books on Southern history and culture. His A Hard Rain was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2018. He is the winner of the Clarence Cason, Lillian Smith, and Eugene Current-Garcia book awards.