Elizabeth comes of age in 1960s South Africa as her older sister joins a secret group opposed to the country's racial policies.

Nine-year-old Rebecca and her family, living in a South African village for black people, are threatened with forced removal to a bleak, distant development, to make room for a new suburb for whites.

Set in contemporary South Africa, this novel examines the day-to-day experiences of men and women whose lives reflect the human cost of living under the constraints of apartheid.

Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.

During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River.

Childhood recollections by black Americans from the 19th century Southern slave plantation to the 20th century urban ghetto.

A collection of ten short stories and autobiographical accounts by authors of various races expose the conditions of racism in South Africa.