The Seeds of Life

The Seeds of Life

Andre Carr / Michael Lewis / Tyrone Fitzgerald

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Leavitt Peak Press
Año de edición:
2024
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781962363846
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In 1956, southern Alabama, Frederick Harris and Sadie, 5 months pregnant, lived in his grandfather’s large Victorian style home. His grandfather was a field slave before The Ratification of The 13th Amendment in 1865. Fred’s grandmother was a doctor and born a free slave in the North Carolina in 1900. Fred, and his father, The Minister discussed the gruesome and horrifying acts placed upon the black people only, that the Klu Klux Klan felt they had the rights to punish and take away their rights JFrederick Harris, hard worker, just got a new job with the railroad and wanted to move closer to the job; where the white people live. This is the beginning of a journey one would like to never foresee. The KKK come in and destroy everything and anyone.When his wife, Sadie goes into pre-labor, they rush to the hospital. The car they borrow is on 'E' at mid-way. Frederick blows the horn many times outside for Pop to fill up, and no response. Fred gets out to see why no is around, but lights are on in the office. He opens the office door and immediately trips over a bloody body of Henry Pop Myers. The Deputy arrest him after beating him over the head. Sadie came in to see why her husband was taking so long, and the officers hit her and when she was down one officer kicked her in the stomach over and over, and over¿That same night Frederick’s sister, Debra Harris a History teacher in the high school was horrifically lynched. Debra went against the principal’s rules taught her white students that negros also gave to building of America. She said history books lied, Slavery is not the proper way to treat the Negro.The trial, goes on with many details of proof that obviously the KKK are involved, but who are part of the KKK? Frederick and Sadie’ Harris’ case jury- deadlocked.Why is Judge John Hardy killed by his son in the END because he didn’t like the way he treated Harris’.

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