Kristen Green approaches her hometown's complex history with a journalist's keen eye for detail and narrative. Her work masterfully blends memoir and history, unearthing the painful legacy of segregation and her own family's entanglement within it. She adeptly personalizes politics, jolting nerves and opening minds with her intimate account. With uncommon humanity, Green stares down the past, offering a deeply moving exploration of historical injustice and a search for redemption.
The riveting true story of an enslaved woman who liberated herself, her children, and a notorious jail for enslaved people in the Confederacy's capital, transforming the property into one of the nation's first HBCUs.