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The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa and London
title
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Outside the Magic Circle : The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr
author
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Durr, Virginia Foster.; Barnard, Hollinger F.
publisher
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University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin
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0817305173
print isbn13
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9780817305178
ebook isbn13
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9780585140841
language
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English
subject
Durr, Virginia Foster, Durr, Clifford J.--(Clifford Judkins),--1899- , Civil rights workers--United States--Biography, Lawyers' spouses--United States--Biography, New Deal, 1933-1939, African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century, African America
publication date
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1990
lcc
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CT275.D8848A34 1985eb
ddc
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973.9/092/4
subject
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Durr, Virginia Foster, Durr, Clifford J.--(Clifford Judkins),--1899- , Civil rights workers--United States--Biography, Lawyers' spouses--United States--Biography, New Deal, 1933-1939, African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century, African America
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First Paperback Edition 1990
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Copyright 1985 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Durr, Virginia Foster. Outside the magic circle. 1. Durr, Virginia Foster. 2. Durr, Clifford. 3. Civil rights workersUnited States Biography. 4. Lawyers' wivesUnited StatesBiography. 5. New Deal, 19331939. 6. Afro-AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th century. 7. Afro-AmericansCivil rightsAlabamaHistory20th century. I. Barnard, Hollinger F. II. Title. CT275.D8848A34 1985 973.90924 [B] 84-2556 ISBN 0-8173-0517-3
Page v
Virginia Durr said it: there were three ways for a well-brought-up young Southern white woman to go.
She could be the actress, playing out the stereotype of the Southern belle. Gracious to "the colored help," flirtatious to her powerful father-in-law, and offering a sweet, winning smile to the world. In short, going with the wind.
If she had a spark of independence or worse, creativity, she could go crazyon the dark, shadowy street traveled by more than one stunning Southern belle.
Or she could be the rebel. She could step outside the magic circle, abandon privilege, and challenge this way of life. Ostracism, bruises of all sorts, and defamation would be her lot. Her reward would be a truly examined life. And a world she would otherwise never have known. STUDS TERKEL
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
ix
Foreword
xi
Editor's Note
xv
Part One Birmingham, 19031933
1 Family, Nursie, the Church
3
2 Growing Up: Beaus, New York, Sister and Hugo
22
3 College Student and Debutante
51
4 Marriage, Junior League, and the Depression
66
Part Two Washington, D.C., 19331949
5 Seminary Hill
89
6 Initiation into Politics
101
7 The Southern Conference for Human Welfare
116
8 Wartime on Seminary Hill
135
9 Poll Tax Politics
152
10 Southern Politicians
171
11 The Beginning of the Cold War and the End of the Poll Tax Committee
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