William R. Ferris Quotes

The Moon Pie is a bedrock of the country store and rural tradition. It is more than a snack. It is a cultural artifact.

I think the ties to slavery and the terrible tragedy that followed the Civil War with Jim Crow and racial violence is closely linked to the Confederate flag.

There is a mythic view of the South that's symbolized by the film "Gone With The Wind" that looks back fondly at slavery as a time when everything was happily in place - in place for whites.

When we say the South lost the Civil War, we mean the white South. The blacks were liberated. And it's trying to redefine this Southern myth and bring it in a more positive direction.

Where you find obesity, you'll find poverty. It's a reflection of the South's struggle to raise its standard of living.