"Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him"--Provided by publisher.
When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend.
When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
police violence and cover-up in the wake of Katrina
Greene, Ronnie
Describes an encounter between New Orleans police and several black residents on the Danziger Bridge six days after Hurricane Katrina's landfall that ended in violence. Investigates the resulting cover-up, and the efforts to get the victims' families justice.
Miriam, a rigid and self-contained woman, is forced to face her own past in order to move into the future after her beloved nineteen-year-old daughter is killed by a New York police officer in a case of mistaken identity.
