Came up in conversation about books we read in school and the name of this one eludes me, since it was 20yrs ago I read it. I assume it was written in the 50s or 60s.
From what I can remember it's mainly about a Black family who work/live on a cotton farm. They go to church and the father is a strong character, but the main story is that the son who is about 10 or 12 is lynched for the murder of a white shop owner who's is killed when some white men use him as a lookout whilst they rob a liquor store.
No end of weird searching is helping me find the name of it.
There is a second book also to conclude the story.
From what I can remember it's mainly about a Black family who work/live on a cotton farm. They go to church and the father is a strong character, but the main story is that the son who is about 10 or 12 is lynched for the murder of a white shop owner who's is killed when some white men use him as a lookout whilst they rob a liquor store.
No end of weird searching is helping me find the name of it.
There is a second book also to conclude the story.
