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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1963
Page
2
A writer vents about joking racism and a Kennedy death remark overheard in daily life. He recalls painful attitudes and prays for mercy, arguing such views deepen the hole in his soul and comparing them to old wounds needing Band Aid healing.
A treatise-like critique surveys Edmund Wilson H L Mencken and Ring Lardner to frame Fitzgerald within the 1920s Zeitgeist. It cites Wilson on jewels of fiction, Mencken on cautious friendships, Lardner on social climbers, and notes parallels with Hemingway. Professor Goldhurst profiles the author and his era.
The Petal Paper published by Southern Farmer Inc in Montgomery appears to be a monthly periodical with a postal notice stating class matter at the Montgomery post office. Return forms are requested to Petal Paper Box 1486, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, with editor and publisher listed.
A fragment from a broader essay argues that early Christian art depicted Jesus as black, citing biblical verses and various historical sources. It questions racial assumptions in religious imagery and imagines modern church reactions to a black messiah while presenting quotes attributed to Graves and others.
The author recounts a personal experiment living as a Black person in the Deep South to expose racism. He details being denied basic rights, poor hotel housing, and the chilling realization that skin color determines access to opportunities and dignity, contrasting his prior status and sensitivities with stark segregation.
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