The year is 1959, and the winds of change rip through the bucolic river town of Jordan, South Carolina. On the cusp of the civil rights movement in America, ethnic tensions reach a boiling point within a cauldron of clashing ideologies and faiths. A devout family - one intimately connected to the land - awaits the homecoming of the eldest son from up north. He has been away at the seminary for some six years. In a highly anticipated event, he arrives home with none other than the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, himself.Potent hallowed symbols of The Confederacy, etched in granite, loom large in the very center of the town square, and in the hearts and minds of the denizens of Jordan.In the tumultuous weekend that follows, the mighty King electrifies Jordon with the gospel of freedom and integration. But amidst the larger social conflict, another contrasting mindset intervenes, that embodied by the fiery young protagonist, Jimmy. A product of the mean streets of an urban ghetto, the precocious intruder is steeped in the militant ethos of Malcolm X, and his worldview amounts to a bombshell within this isolated, genteel community, a potent source of moral confusion that will wreak havoc, threatening to rip little Jordon asunder."It's a good read." Wendy Williams, syndicated television and radio host."A treat for lovers of fiction."RAWSISTAZ reviewers."Make note of the name and make sure to digest this important work. His is a new, refreshing literary voice."Curtis Bunn, Founder National Book Club Conference.
The year is 1959, and the winds of change rip through the bucolic river town of Jordan, South Carolina. On the cusp of the civil rights movement in America, ethnic tensions reach a boiling point within a cauldron of clashing ideologies and faiths. A devout family - one intimately connected to the land - awaits the homecoming of the eldest son from up north. He has been away at the seminary for some six years. In a highly anticipated event, he arrives home with none other than the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, himself.Potent hallowed symbols of The Confederacy, etched in granite, loom large in the very center of the town square, and in the hearts and minds of the denizens of Jordan.In the tumultuous weekend that follows, the mighty King electrifies Jordon with the gospel of freedom and integration. But amidst the larger social conflict, another contrasting mindset intervenes, that embodied by the fiery young protagonist, Jimmy. A product of the mean streets of an urban ghetto, the precocious intruder is steeped in the militant ethos of Malcolm X, and his worldview amounts to a bombshell within this isolated, genteel community, a potent source of moral confusion that will wreak havoc, threatening to rip little Jordon asunder."It's a good read." Wendy Williams, syndicated television and radio host."A treat for lovers of fiction."RAWSISTAZ reviewers."Make note of the name and make sure to digest this important work. His is a new, refreshing literary voice."Curtis Bunn, Founder National Book Club Conference.
