Compose a two page essay that recounts McMillan’s criticism of gradualism. Why did he conclude that “slow
and evolutionary” change had failed in the South? (Include in your discussion the failure of gradualism and
McMillan’s analysis of democracy in the South.) What evidence does he offer from the lives of African
Americans in the South to prove that change is not taking place? What remedy does he see for resolving the
South’s racial divide?
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