The River Jordan

IN AN ERA WHEN BLACK FAMILIES WERE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE ECONOMICALLYAND OVERCOME HARSH RACIAL BARRIERS, THE HAWKINS AND EDWARDS CLANS WERE WITNESSING THEIR OWN IDENTITY CRISIS...'COLORED,' 'NEGRO,' 'BLACK'?BUT ALVINA EDWARDS' PERSONAL DILEMMA WAS MORE DRAMATIC. SHROUDED WITH A SELF-IMPOSED RELIGIOUS PIOUSNESS UNDER SIEGE, SHE NEEDED NOT ONLY HER BIBLE, BUT GUILE TO WARD OFF HER DETRACTOR.AND WITH A WILY GRANDSON, JASON EQUALLY DETERMINE TO DISCLOSE HER PAST, SHE MUST PREVAIL, EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF FAMILY UNITY AND PROGRESS.