12 Aug 08
Day of Tears
by Julius Lester
There was a day in 1859 when the rain came down like tears. It was a day when over 400 slaves were sold in the biggest slave auction in history. It was a day when over 400 families were ripped apart - over 400 human souls crushed under the weight of injustice and intolerance. These are their stories, told in monologues and dialogue, in the present and the future, in despair and in hope.
