A birthday becomes a watershed event in the life of a boy on his journey to manhood. In 1940, a black boy must escape north under threat of lynching in his home state of Mississippi. Fifteen years later, desirous of a journey home to ...See moreA birthday becomes a watershed event in the life of a boy on his journey to manhood. In 1940, a black boy must escape north under threat of lynching in his home state of Mississippi. Fifteen years later, desirous of a journey home to reunite with his mother and family, he faces the dilemma of whether or not the South, as it was when he left, is the same. Written by
Dena Rivera
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