The protagonist and narrator. A high school student who transitions from innocence to activism after witnessing systemic racism. Inspired by media coverage of Freedom Riders, he joins SNCC organizers, participates in strategic sit-ins, serves a four-month prison sentence, and ultimately achieves reconciliation with his father.
Biological father who carries the weight of past activism and trauma while raising his son in a segregated town.
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