Many members of that early band of twentieth-century pilgrims must have yearned for the honesty of Southern landscapes where even if they were the ta… - Maya Angelou

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Many members of that early band of twentieth-century pilgrims must have yearned for the honesty of Southern landscapes where even if they were the targets of hate mongers who wanted them dead, they were at least credited with being alive. Northern whites with their public smiles of liberal acceptance and their private behavior of utter rejection wearied and angered the immigrants.