quest during book tvs recent visit to fresno california we spoke with author blain roberts who reports on another side of the civil rights movement in the jim crow south. >> the title of my book is "pageants, parlors and pretty women: race and beaauty in the twentieth-century south" one of the real jumping off points of this aside from all these conversations that i had with others about how seven willie women were beautiful is the fact that white southern women have a track record of doing very well at beauty pageants. and you can document this, we can see that we have a dispro

we talked to blain roberts who reports on another side of the civil rights movement in the jim crow south. >> the title of the book is "pageants, parlors, and pretty women: race and beauty in the twentieth-century south." one of the real kind of jumping off points for this aside from all these conversations i had with non-southerners about southern women were beautiful is the fact that white southern women have a track record of doing very well at the miss america pageant. we can document this. we can see they have won a d disproportionate amount of titles. they did especially well in the 1960s. >> i love a parade don't you? among the pre-favorites, miss texas, no deputy sheriff but very arresting. miss alabama, accounting student. miss california, susan erin bradley. the winner miss alabama and tears of joys replace the pictu picture. >> a lot of the practices and rituals we associate with beauty were initially very controversial in the south. i am talking about the teens and 20s and there was a lot of controversy about white southern women entering beauty contests they would have been c

quest during book tvs recent visit to fresno california we spoke with author blain roberts who reports on another side of the civil rights movement in the jim crow south. >> the title of my book is "pageants, parlors and pretty women: race and beaauty in the twentieth-century south" one of the real jumping off points of this aside from all these conversations that i had with others about how seven willie women were beautiful is the fact that white southern women have a track record of doing very well at beauty pageants. and you can document this, we can see that we have a disproportionate number of titles given how many southern states there are. they did especially well in the 1950s and 60s class some of the nation's most beautiful girls assembled for the annual miss usa beauty contest. i love a parade, don't you? among the three decision favorite smith texas, no deputy sheriff 80 but very interesting. miss alabama, via louise hitchcock, a college student. miss california susan allen bradley. the winner, miss alabama and tears of joy replace the victory. >> one of the things that can

. >> during book tv's visit to fresno, california, we spoke with awe blaine roberts robertso sport on the jim crow south. >> the title of my book is "peasant, parlors and pretty women. rates and beauty in the 20th 20th century south." one of the jumping off points from this, aside from conversations i had with nonsoutherners about how southern women were beautiful, is the fact that white southern women have a track record of doing very well at the mismiss america pageant and we can see they have won a disproportionate number of titles given how many southern states they are. they did especially well in the 1950s and '60s. >> some onation monday most beautiful girls assembled nord miss u.s.a. beauty contest. i love a parade, don't you? among the free favorites, miss texas no deputy sheriff but very aarresting. miss alabama, sylvia, a college studentment miss california, susan brad lye. the winner, miss alabama, and tears of joy replace. >> one thing that can be difficult to remember is a lot of the practices and rituals we associate with beauty were initially very controversial in the

we talked to blain roberts who reports on another side of the civil rights movement in the jim crow south.