#342 Ashes to Ashes- Jabari Asim
Friends for life Leo and Octavius, aka "the reverend" and "the
rascal" have found themselves tested like many have, living lives under Jim Crow laws.
Violent events in 1928 caused them to flee the south for
their lives. Like the millions of others that fled north during the second
great migration, they hoped to find a better existence for themselves. Now in
1968, in that “better world” history repeats itself, and violence follows the
pair.
There are times in life where a stand has to be taken, and
of course a prayer must be said.
Notable Passage: “Sullen and humiliated…rage rose from them
as thick and redolent as the smoke that had issued from the barbecue grills not
long before. Unlike the smoke, which rode the air over the woods and on to far
more pleasant places, their anger had nowhere to go.”
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