It's Gone With the Wind meets Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl. Lucy Bosman is a shrewd business woman in a day and time not too amenable to the dreams and desires of women - especially colored women. The widow of an ex-slave and well-educated, the mulatto woman had great plans to start over and make a life for herself when she left her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee and headed further South in the spring of 1860. Two years later, Lucy is planted firmly in Richmond, Virginia, running a successful business while passing as a white woman and avoiding the personal attentions and promises...

"Grandma's New Shoes" is the reflections upon the life of a grandmother who inspired her children, grandchildren and community through her selfless acts of love and kindness. Born during the dark days of segregation in the deep South and little opportunity for women of color, Juanita Edna Stokes, was determined to not let the turbulent times nor the sudden death of her beloved husband stop her from walking in her faith and purpose. Told from the memory of her granddaughter, Reverend Gwendolyn Andrews, "Grandma's New Shoes" is the story of divine love, determination and the staying power of a...