In rural Mississippi, Larry Ott and Silas Jones were unlikely boyhood friends. Ott was the child of lower middle-class white parents, Jones the son of a poor, single, black mother. But when a teenage girl disappeared after a date with Larry, their friendship was irrevocably broken.
In rural Mississippi, Larry Ott and Silas Jones were unlikely boyhood friends. Ott was the child of lower middle-class white parents, Jones the son of...