The Fire in the Flint by Walter White

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Kenneth Harper, a Black doctor and WWI veteran, returns to his hometown in Georgia to practice medicine after graduating from medical school in the North and completing a residency in France. Having forgotten the realities of life in the Jim Crow South, Dr. Harper initially believes "times have changed" and racial tensions are a thing of the past. But when Dr. Harper helps local Black sharecroppers organize for higher payment, he draws the ire of the Ku Klux Klan--and discovers he has no show more choice but to join the fight against white supremacy. show less

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Canonical title: The Fire in the Flint
Original publication date: 1924
Important places: Georgia, USA
Important events: segregation, lynching
Epigraph: "The fire in the flint never shows until it is struck." --Old English Proverb
Dedication: To My Wife
First words: Kenneth Harper gazed slowly around his office.
Last words: (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In a telegram to the Governor to-day, Sheriff Parker reported that all was quiet in the city and he anticipated no further trouble.
Original language: English

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