The Alto Bird
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It's 1963 and the civil rights movement is roaring. Cotton Jones the daughter of the District Attorney finds herself in a romance with Jonah a local boy of color. Cotton and Jonah weave a risky web by breaking barriers and finding solace in one another during such a dark time in American history.
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