New York, January 2008 - When Nathaniel Lawson, a young French-American journalist covering Barack Obama's presidential campaign, meets Montgomery Jackson, an African-American living in Brooklyn, he can't imagine the journey that awaits him.
Montgomery reveals his story, which begins on the evening of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination. The story unfolds with a young Montgomery witnessing the unthinkable at a roadside diner and the unlikely partnership with a stranger that sets the stage for a journey where each needs the other to survive. The friendship evolves against the backdrop of a complex and traumatic history of race in the United States, punctuated by moments of hope and reckoning. These two opposites discover each other in a desperate flight across the Mississippi. All the way to Elaine, a small, forgotten Arkansas town with a tragic history...
Based on the true story of the Elaine Massacre of 1919
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. New York, January 2008 - When Nathaniel Lawson, a young French-American journalist covering Barack Obama's presidential campaign, meets Montgomery Jackson, an African-American living in Brooklyn, he can't imagine the journey that awaits him. Montgomery reveals his story, which begins on the evening of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination. The story unfolds with a young Montgomery witnessing the unthinkable at a roadside diner and the unlikely partnership with a stranger that sets the stage for a journey where each needs the other to survive. The friendship evolves against the backdrop of a complex and traumatic history of race in the United States, punctuated by moments of hope and reckoning. These two opposites discover each other in a desperate flight across the Mississippi. All the way to Elaine, a small, forgotten Arkansas town with a tragic history. Based on the true story of the Elaine Massacre of 1919 This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798278228165
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. New York, January 2008 - When Nathaniel Lawson, a young French-American journalist covering Barack Obama's presidential campaign, meets Montgomery Jackson, an African-American living in Brooklyn, he can't imagine the journey that awaits him. Montgomery reveals his story, which begins on the evening of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination. The story unfolds with a young Montgomery witnessing the unthinkable at a roadside diner and the unlikely partnership with a stranger that sets the stage for a journey where each needs the other to survive. The friendship evolves against the backdrop of a complex and traumatic history of race in the United States, punctuated by moments of hope and reckoning. These two opposites discover each other in a desperate flight across the Mississippi. All the way to Elaine, a small, forgotten Arkansas town with a tragic history. Based on the true story of the Elaine Massacre of 1919 This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798278228165
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