A review by beatniksafari
Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli

3.0

As the daughter of an Italian immigrant, I was surprised to learn that Italians were lynched in the south just over 100 years ago - and embarrassed by my ignorance. Napoli's book tells the story of an incident in a small Louisiana town, where the small population of Sicilian immigrants is considered neither white nor black. A young boy witnesses the fallout when Sicilian business owners decide to treat their black customers with the same courtesy shown to whites. Gut-wrenching.