<DIV>First published in 1956, <i>Segregation</i> is a collection of Robert Penn Warren's informal conversations with southerners in the wake of the <i>Brown v. Board of Education</i> decision. Warren, who in his own writings often explored the theme of race in American life, traveled through his native region to talk with scores of individuals--taxi drivers, NAACP leaders, members of White Citizens groups, college students, preachers--to report their responses to the Court's decision.</DIV>