William A.
In this novel, James enters the mind of the reader from page one, and does not let him/her go..
This novel is intriguing, mysterious, spiritual, and down-home soulful all at once.
The above were helped along by the actions of three racist police officers who had murdered William Griot, to keep him from divulging the secret that they were actually Blacks.
They masterminded a plan to demolish the homes and businesses of all Blacks on the Hill, for the crimes of one or two people.
When three notorious hoodlums killed a UVA student, and Gabe Owens informed on them, most of the City Council and the UVA President swung into action.
Everything wrong with Charlottesville was blamed on the innocent inhabitants of the Hill.
He delves into the emotional side of why Vinegar Hill, a 20-acre-tract, was deemed an unbearable slum, and had to be destroyed immediately in 1963. has done it again.
James Sr.
William A
