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Georgia author Lillian Smith broke taboos, fought segregation
SCREAMER MOUNTAIN, CLAYTON, Ga. — Lillian Smith was a Georgia writer, fearless activist, philosopher and teacher who has been gone for almost 50 years, but her spirit still hovers over the ...
The New York Times25d
KILLED HERSELF AND TWO CHILDREN; Mrs. Lillian Smith Also Wounded Her Eldest Daughter. USED A REVOLVER AND ACID Tragedy Discovered by a Servant, Who Gave the Alarm -- Woman ...
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Bookshelf: ‘Courage to speak out’ sealed Lillian Smith’s legacy
That’s why Lillian Smith is having something of a renaissance right now. In recent years Smith has been the subject of a Hal Jacobs documentary, a historical marker honoring her memory was ...
Time7mon
Books: Tract from the South
KILLERS OF THE DREAM (256 pp.)—Lillian Smith—Norton ($3). When Lillian Smith was a little girl in the deep South, a new Negro family moved to town. With the family came Janie, its adopted ...