Profile in black and white : $b A frank portrait of South Carolina

"Profile in Black and White: A Frank Portrait of South Carolina" by Howard H. Quint is a revealing look at the racial troubles that held South Carolina in its grasp during the mid to late 1900s. The book studies the heavy segregation, strong unfairness, and deep biases that stayed put long after the Civil Rights Movement started making changes. Quint's book works to put a spotlight on ideas that popped up all over the South during a time of big change in American History. The book throws us right into South Carolina’s racial problems, talking about how things were segregated in the past and what that meant after important court decisions came out in 1954. Quint pulls out the clear differences in how the races were treated, showing how the state didn't want to accept the laws about ending segregation in public places and the book raises important questions about what South Carolinians should have done during these times. This introduction gets us ready for a deep look at ingrained racism and the hard times faced by everyone as society tried to change.