The Sacred Place Contributor(s): Black, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312380704 ISBN-13: 9780312380700 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Southern |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |