Max Blue

Shorty Spooner Max Blue

In the 1950s, racial loathing is rearing its ugly head and the country is a miasma of hatred. The White Citizens Councils and the Ku Klux Klan are enraged by the United States Supreme Court ruling that schools must be desegregated. Alabama is a boiling pot of dissension and distrust, and fear plagues this southern state as never before. In Max Blue's controversial and poignant tale, four different points of view are expressed. Witnessed by four individuals is the country's painful process of overcoming stereotypes, and racial division. In the end, the civil rights movement forever changed the mindset and political atmosphere of the United States of America. Shorty Spooner is a son born from a Creek Indian mother and a racist, violent father, and his aspirations will lead him to the highest office in the country. Stanley Gordon is a graduate student, and one of the leaders of the Ku Klux Klan. Bernard Riskman, a black gay anarchist from New York comes to Alabama to fight the cause of civil rights. Count Nyame is a 100-year old wealthy West African who comes to Alabama to establish an Academy to train Presidents. These very different lives intersect and, in doing so, are never again the same. Blue's dramatic and shocking climax is extraordinary and inspiring. Max Blue has been a writer for over 70 years. Blue has published ten books (http://maxblue3.tripod.com) and is currently working on another fictional account of the south during the civil rights movement. He lives with his wife, Liddy, in New Jersey.