HAPPY LAND. By Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Berkley. 368 pages. $29. “Happy Land” is a revelatory triumph, excavating a lost but essential story of southern history (and by extension of American history) ...
"If there is one thing our ancestors gave us, it is hope," said Perkins-Valdez. "If only we can imagine it, we can do it." Source: Norman E. Jones/ Used with permission One of the most anticipated ...