Milkman was born when a man threw himself off a room attempting to flee his crimes. Since then, Milkman has also been trying to fly, and find his “people”
James by Percival Everett is the reimagining of the story of Huck Finn’s runaway adventure, from the viewpoint of the enslaved person Jim.
American Spy tells of Marie Mitchell works as an FBI intelligence officer, but cannot break into the old boys club being an African-American woman.