Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South

The author examines racial and economic conditions in the postwar South, arguing that land monopoly and concentrated wealth create systemic inequality that harms both black and white laborers. He traces how political and social structures perpetuate illiteracy, poor education, and exploitative labor conditions, critiques historical hypocrisy toward enslaved people, and proposes political independence and organized labor solidarity across racial lines as remedies. Chapters address education, land and labor relations, class divisions, and proposed political solutions, emphasizing that the persistent conflict in the region is fundamentally between capital and labor rather than strictly racial factions.