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This book was great, and painful. Great in the way great books can be great, when they're well-written with lots of character development and a sense of time and scenery that really puts you there.
But it's painful, too. The goddamned HATE in this book. There's good-natured, don't-know-no-better hate. There's vicious-hateful-to-the-fucking-core hate. And everywhere in between. Hate and degradation and hate and injustice and hate. And prejudice. And hate.
This is the story of the first (and only) 8 colored police officers in the City of Atlanta in the 1940's. Disallowed to have squad cars, arrest white suspects, conduct any investigations, and even approach the police headquarters.
This is the exciting, moving, and heartbreaking story of Atlanta's Negro Officers, and their attempt to bring to justice the murderer of a pretty, young, colored girl.
And it is such a good story.
But it's painful, too. The goddamned HATE in this book. There's good-natured, don't-know-no-better hate. There's vicious-hateful-to-the-fucking-core hate. And everywhere in between. Hate and degradation and hate and injustice and hate. And prejudice. And hate.
This is the story of the first (and only) 8 colored police officers in the City of Atlanta in the 1940's. Disallowed to have squad cars, arrest white suspects, conduct any investigations, and even approach the police headquarters.
This is the exciting, moving, and heartbreaking story of Atlanta's Negro Officers, and their attempt to bring to justice the murderer of a pretty, young, colored girl.
And it is such a good story.