Dangerous Learning: The South's Long War on Black Literacy Nature_Gift_Guide "—People magazine

"—People magazine

filled with insightful and often laugh-out-loud annotated comments

in a twist that will confound you

Laura Dave "steers clear of easy answers to explore the romantic choices we make" (USA Today)

Dangerous Learning: The South's Long War on Black Literacy Nature_Gift_Guide "—People magazineThe enduring legacy of the nineteenth century struggle for Black literacy in the American South Few have ever valued literacy as much as the enslaved Black people of the American South. For them, it was more than a means to a better life; it was a gateway to freedom and, in some instances, a tool for inspiring revolt. And few governments tried harder to suppress literacy than did those in the South. Everyone understood that knowledge was power: power