"We Ain't What We Was"

1997 book by Frederick M. Wirt "We Ain't What We Was": Civil Rights in the New South is a 1997 non-fiction book by Frederick M. Wirt, published by Duke University Press. The book is how Panola County, Mississippi's situation changed after laws protecting African-Americans' rights were enacted. The title is taken from a common phrase among African-American residents of Panola County which highlights how their situation had improved.Engstrom, p. 474. Anne Permaloff of Auburn University stated that the book considers Panola County to be "a metaphor for change throughout the South."Permaloff, p. 395. Background This book is a continuation of Wirt's previous book, The Politics of Southern Equality, published in 1970. Contents Wirt's book argued that while African-Americans gained more rights, integration did not occur culturally, and so black and white residents continued to have race-segregated religious practices and friendships.Engstrom, p. 475. Reception Richard L. Engstrom of the University of New Orleans felt that the book is the strongest with analyzing the economic and educational changes, while the political coverage was "weaker". Glenn Feldman of the University of Alabama at Birmingham described the book as "interesting and useful",Feldman, p. 528. as well as "valuable".Feldman, p. 530. Permaloff argued that the book "is fascinating and makes the book worthwhile reading" due to the content about Panola County, although she felt that the book did not "adequately document southern-wide interpretations".Permaloff, p. 396. References Engstrom https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/we-aint-what-we-was-civil-rights-in-the-new-south-by-frederick-m-wirt-durham-nc-duke-university-press-1997-286p-4995-cloth-1695-paper/F8884A765816E7EEECA1A78EAC41A15F Richard L. "We Ain't What We Was": Civil Rights in the New South. By Frederick M. Wirt. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1997. 286p. $49.95 cloth, $16.95 paper American Political Science Review 1998 92 2 474–475 10.2307/2585719 2585719 147919027 subscription Feldman Glenn https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/2647924 "We Ain't What We Was": Civil Rights in the New South . Frederick M. Wirt The Journal of Politics 1998 60 2 528–530 10.2307/2647924 2647924 subscription https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1313&context=fhq Permaloff Anne "We Ain't What We Was": Civil Rights in the New South The Florida Historical Quarterly 1999 77 3 395–396 - Note that this PDF document has another set of page numbers on the outside, of which the article is on 141-142, and the PDF document file numbers these pages as p. 142-143/153. Notes Further reading Barlow Dudely We Ain't What We Was: Civil Rights in the New South The Education Digest 1997 62 9 70 Castberg A Didrick "We Ain't What We Was": Civil Rights in the New South Perspectives on Political Science 1998 27 2 165 Fraser Walter J. "We Ain't What We Was": Civil Rights in the New South: Wirt, Frederick M.: Durham: Duke University Press 286 pp., Publication Date: April 1997 History 1998 26 2 60 Kean Melissa "We Ain't What We Was": Civil Rights in the New South Journal of Southern History 1999 65 3 666–667 10.2307/2588186 2588186 Morgan Edward P. "We Ain't What We Was": Civil Rights in the New South Journal of American History 1999 86 2 848 10.2307/2567179 2567179 Petrakis Peter https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA20815559&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=00323195&p=AONE&sw=w "We Ain't What We Was": Civil Rights in the New South by Frederick M. Wirt. Durham Political Science Quarterly 1998 113 1 157–159 10.2307/2657675 2657675 Gale Academic Onefile subscription - Profile at journal website "We Ain't What We Was": Civil rights in the new South TLS, the Times Literary Supplement 1997 4924 28 External links We Ain't What We Was - Duke University Press Category:Panola County, Mississippi Category:Duke University Press books Category:1997 non-fiction books Category:Books about Mississippi Category:Articles with quotation marks in the title