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Pearl Cleage: new south

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Cleage, Pearl

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Video recording of Georgia author Pearl Cleage describing how she is a product of the "New South." She sits before several tall African sculptures. She wears a black shirt and faces forward. She begins by recounting how her grandparents, who she describes as being "products of the Old South," moved north as soon as they could. Cleage states that she moved back south as part of a "reverse migration." She asserts that this made her part of the "New South," and upon moving to the south, she was prepared to work to change the social constructs that existed.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Digital Library of Georgia