Red Was the Midnight

In Days of Red Midnight, it¿s September, 1906, and Atlanta is booming, a shining example of America¿s New South, but things are about to change. This riveting novel tells the story of the complex Redmond family¿three sisters and a brother with big plans¿who migrate to the city and have to fight for their lives in a race riot. As Beatrice, the eldest strives for acceptance in high-class colored society, her brother, Fat, labors in the numbers and bootlegging rackets, and their sister...
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In Days of Red Midnight, it¿s September, 1906, and Atlanta is booming, a shining example of America¿s New South, but things are about to change. This riveting novel tells the story of the complex Redmond family¿three sisters and a brother with big plans¿who migrate to the city and have to fight for their lives in a race riot. As Beatrice, the eldest strives for acceptance in high-class colored society, her brother, Fat, labors in the numbers and bootlegging rackets, and their sister Mary Alice returns after a mysterious seven-year disappearance. ¿Fast¿ is the way Fat describes Ruby, their youngest and prettiest sister, who has just given birth to a baby with a milky complexion, shocking the family. With a title taken from a poem by W. E. B. Du Bois, Days of Red Midnight unveils early twentieth-century urban conflicts, which seem familiar today.