BLACK HEART
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At age 13, Leera O'Brien;a Negro, is already a murderer,as she is famously known to have murdered the daughter of two white doctors who manage a very renowned humanitarian services agency.
Unfortunately, Leera's case has heightened the enmity that already exists between the two races..
After spending three years in Juvenile Prison for her crime, she returns home to her poor but managing family. Within very few days, the black suburb in which Leera lives is attacked by white protestants...the O'brien family runs off to Chicago.
How will she be able to survive in a white dominated community?
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