Bitters in the Honey : Tales of Hope and Disappointment Across Divides of Race and Time

Trained sociologist and therapist Roy interviews white alumni of Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas to investigate the reasons behind their resistance to desegregation in 1957. They also explore their lives since then, their present insecurities and resentments as they near retirement age, the shaping the white identities in the second half of the century, and lingering dissatisfaction and anger.