Danville, Virginia

Description:

Danville, Virginia and the Coming of the Modern South documents Danville's political, social, and economic evolution beginning with the fall of the Confederacy until the dawn of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. It discusses the impact of the textile industry on the South in general - and Danville in particular - through colorful accounts attributed to Virginia politicians, businessmen, and workers.

subjects: Danville,  Virginia,  Dixie,  Old South,  Confederacy,  politics,  textile industry,  segregation,  Jim Crow,  civil rights movement,  Virginia, history

Places: Danville,  Virginia,  USA

Times: 1960-1969