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1961, Charlotte, North Carolina. The predominantly black neighborhood of Brooklyn is a bustling city within a city, with its own restaurants, schools, theaters, churches, and night clubs. Loraylee Hawkins shares a house with her young son, Hawk; her Uncle Ray, and her grandmother, Bibi. Loraylee's love for Archibald Griffin, Hawk's white father and manager of the cafeteria where she works, must be kept secret. Rumors circulate that the city plans to bulldoze the neighborhood, and the government promises to provide new housing and relocate businesses. But locals like Pastor Ebenezer Polk, who's facing the demolition of his church, know the value of Brooklyn does not lie in bricks and mortar. As longtime residents are forced out, Loraylee searches for a way to keep her family together. -- adapted from back cover;"In 1961 Charlotte, North Carolina, the predominantly black neighborhood of Brooklyn is a bustling city within a city. When Loraylee Hawkins hears rumors that the city plans to bulldoze her neighborhood, claiming it's dilapidated and dangerous, she searches for a way to keep her family together in this novel that explores the conflicts of gentrification"--
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