Month: May 2016

African-American History, Life in general, and perhaps the Pursuit of Happiness

The Homecoming by William Henry Mackey, Jr.

William Henry Mackey, Jr.

This is the prologue to the book “Down Home: My Return to the Georgia Backwoods” written by my father early 1970’s. The book is an exploration of the area in rural Georgia that he grew up in and how it changed in the 50 years since he was born there, especially focusing on the history …