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In 1943, in a small Louisiana town where poverty, bigotry, and fear impact the lives of everyone, the people await the midnight execution of Willie Jones, a young black man convicted of raping a white girl. Grace wasn't raped, she was Willie's lover, but her father and his Klansmen friends think otherwise. The tension builds as various people grapple with an execution only hours away. Young prison trusty Lane, who with the heavy-drinkin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More