Augusta national Quote by RJ Smith

Once again it is peaceful at Augusta National Golf Club, after some rather ugly stand-offs in recent years, when the club balked at changing…

— Frank Deford

“if at all, since the Civil War. In Greenwood, many black workers were still earning 30 cents an hour and returning huge profits for…

— Ian Bell

Coverage of golf's most prestigious tournament was filled with odes to Augusta, plus numerous shots of the picture-postcard setting, bees pollinating and what the…

— Peter Alfano

What does it say about our society that we invest more in a golf course than the homes of Black and brown Americans?

— Ritchie Torres

“We jumped into a waiting bus, and two Negro laborers followed us. We did not drop any money in the slot; the Negroes took…

— Carlos Bulosan

“These were not idle threats. Suspected labor agents were arrested routinely whenever a trainload of African Americans left or when the fields were empty…

— Carol Anderson

“Knowing that there was such a thing as outdoors bred in us a hunger for property, for ownership. The firm possession of a yard,…

— Toni Morrison

“What rent do you pay here?" I inquired. "I don’t know,—what is it, Sam?" "All we make," answered Sam. It is a depressing place,—bare,…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

“If we had learned anything over the last decade, it was that there was no other way to defeat slavery, except with a willingness…

— Russell Banks

“BY THE HUNDREDS, blacks cleared out of Groveland on the backs of citrus trucks. Others took blankets, food, and water and fled with their…

— Gilbert King

“THERE was a curious social situation in Black Hawk. All the young men felt the attraction of the fine, well-set-up country girls who had…

— Willa Cather

“The next day, as they walked, a stranger rode up, matching the Georgia-man’s pace. “Niggers for sale?” He wanted to buy two women. The…

— Edward E. Baptist