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The Sacred Place

The Sacred Place

Black, Daniel

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Publisher Price: $22.00

ISBN10: 0312380704
ISBN13: 9780312380700
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: Jul 22 2008
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

Inspired by the murder of Emmett Till, this novel offers a powerful and profound exploration of black pain, suffering, and strength in the segregated South.

In the summer of 1955, fourteen-year-old Clement enters a general store in Money, Mississippi to purchase a soda. Unaware of the consequences of flouting the rules governing black-white relations in the South, this Chicago native defies tradition, by laying a dime on the counter and turns to depart. Miss Cuthbert, the store attendant, demands that he place the money in her hand, but he refuses, declaring, I ain't no slave! and exits with a sense of entitlement unknown to black people at the time. His behavior results in his brutal murder. This event sparks a war in Money, forcing the black community to galvanize its strength in pursuit of equality.

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