Maya Angelou
1) The runaway
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 39
Language
English
Description
Luke Winter and Joshua Monroe grow up as best friends in a rural Georgia town in the 1940's. On one of their youthful adventures they uncover a human bone. Their discovery leads the town's new sheriff to reopen an investigation of the unsolved murders of three black men. As he doggedly pursues the case, however, he learns that most of the townspeople would prefer the truth stay hidden.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Long black song: A hard-working farmer invests what little he has in a gift for his wife while she falls for the advances of a traveling salesman back home.
The boy who painted Christ black: A small town principal risks his career to defend a young boy's image of a black Christ painted for a state-wide competition.
The reunion: A jazz-joint piano player must come to terms with prejudices that have haunted her since childhood when she is confronted...