Depicts Afro-American life in the 1940's on Mount Vernon Avenue, the main street in Poindexter Village, a Metropolitan Housing Development in Columbus, Ohio.

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Sam wants a pet for her birthday, but her mom and dad have already said that their apartment is too small for a cat or a dog. A trip to Rainbow Street Shelter t

Unsparing and important. . . . An informative, clearheaded and sobering book.—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post (1999 Critic's Choice) Inner-city black Americ