content: The story of two towns in Michigan - St. Joseph and Benton Harbor - geographically close but racially worlds apart. St. Joseph is 95% white, Benton Harbor is 92% black. St. Joseph is prosperous, Benton Harbor impoverished. When the body of a black, teenage boy from Benton Harbor is found in the river, suspicions between the towns surface. The author reports results of his investigation into the case and reveals racial attitudes in the process.For mature readers only because of offensive language and discussions of gangs and the Ku Klux Klan.