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Reviewed on February 15, 2016 | Audio
In 1935 Heron Key, FL, domestic worker Missy Douglas witnesses inequality. Her employers' country club set preserves a comfortable status quo despite the Depression, Jim Crow laws, and the plight of World War I veterans celebrated for bravery yet still "adrift on the backwash of the war." A nearby WPA encampment of former servicemen hired for bridge construction engenders distrust: some black veterans are harboring "ideas." Among them is Henry Roberts, whose ret...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
