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Moonrise over New Jessup : a novel

Minnicks, Jamila, 1977- author

Overview

\"It's 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected integration as the means for Black social advancement. She falls in love with Raymond Campbell, whose clandestine organizing activities challenge New Jessup's status quo and could lead to the young couple's expulsion-or worse-from the home they hold dear. But as Raymond continues to push alternatives for enhancing New Jessup's political power, Alice must find a way to balance her undying support for his underground work with her desire to protect New Jessup from the rising pressure of upheavals both in and out of town\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
• Subject: 1900-1999 / African Americans Alabama Fiction. / Civil rights movements Alabama History 20th century Fiction. / African Americans. / Civil rights movements. / Race relations. / Alabama Race relations History 20th century Fiction. / Alabama.
• ISBN: 9781643752464, 1643752464

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS3613.I6525 MIN	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE