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Come Day in Night

When Sam White Jr., a white high school student, is asked to start playing drums at the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church-a predominately Black church-on Sundays, tensions begin to heighten in a Texas town that refuses to acknowledge their place in the Civil Rights era. Sam begins to question the morality of his own family's ties to the Confederacy when his Black classmates reveal their family histories. Sam's father takes him to a KKK rally to set his son straight, an act that does nothing to change Sam's stance. He then begins to speak out against the strong racial dogma apparent in his town, spurring on several attacks on himself and his friends. Meanwhile, Sam's mother remains locked in a mental asylum for reasons he does not know. Family relationships are tried, and new friendships unfold in this coming-of-age story about racial tension and doing what is right during hardship and iniquity.

hal evans

hal evans began writing as a teenager in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas. When shortening his name for acting, he adopted lower case letters in homage to e. e. cummings. His acting career includes roles in film, television, and theatre, and his directing credits number more than 160 productions. He founded the critically acclaimed educational theatre company Troupe d' Jour, providing curriculum-based EnterActive© performances, as well as pioneering techniques in arts integration that teach core subject content through arts-related activities. His Midsummer Shakespeare Company has trained thousands of young actors. evans is the author of two volumes of award-nominated children's poetry, two dozen produced plays, and numerous songs. He began Come Day in Night as a one-act play script before the pandemic of 2020 afforded time to transform the story into a novel, his first.

Brown Books Publishing Group