Into the Water
(eBook)
In this fictionalized story, Money Mississippi, notorious for the brutal murder of Emmett Till has had a one hundred and eighty-degree turn from its old ways. A mile from the infamous Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market sits a big shiny blue Walmart along an avenue populated with fast-food restaurants and a Starbucks. Young black men with pants sagging walk along the broad sidewalks holding their girlfriend's hands. No one bats an eye if the girl is blue-eyed and blond. At times a pickup truck bearing confederate flag license plates will rev its engine, but the young seem unfazed. A prosperous black population lives along the banks of the Tallahatchie River. Their ranks culled from nearby military installations and new industries. Still, taboos exist, and people remember the old Money Mississippi. Jill a thirty-year-old white woman and Alvin, a seventeen-year-old black kid are having an affair. The relationship is as much about rebelling as it is about love. Jill enjoys rubbing her KKK grandfather's nose in the tryst. Alvin like most young men has one thing on his mind. But he too is on a mission to resist his Grandfather's teachings rooted in the old ways of Money. He sees Jill as a sexual conquest and to prove his grandfather wrong about white women and "light skin women." However, Jill and Alvin are on opposite sides of the track. While Alvin comes from the more prosperous River Hill Estates, Jill lives in a housing project along side a swampy tributary of the Tallahatchie River. Her only future is Walmart and the pills she takes for PTSD brought on by a traumatic incident that happened when she was in the army. Alvin goes off to college and leaves Jill pregnant with his child. He returns four years later with his bride-to-be and plans to take his child. What happens on his return will make you wonder if the spirit of Emmett lurks in the murky waters of the Tallahatchie.
Harvey, C. (2018). Into the Water. [United States], Wes Writers and Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Harvey, Charles. 2018. Into the Water. [United States], Wes Writers and Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Harvey, Charles, Into the Water. [United States], Wes Writers and Publishers, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Harvey, Charles. Into the Water. [United States], Wes Writers and Publishers, 2018.
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