Lillian Smith Smith
Lillian Smith was a Georgia writer and civil rights activist whose novel Strange Fruit was the most explosive treatment of interracial love in mid-twentieth-century American fiction. Its banning in some states only increased its readership.
Works
- Strange FruitNovel about lynching and tragedy in American South exploring race and injustice
- One Hour
- Killers of the DreamEssay collection examining racism and psychological damage of segregation on South
- The JourneyNovel following woman's spiritual and emotional transformation during civil rights era
- Now Is the Time