IN AN ERA WHEN BLACK FAMILIES WERE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE ECONOMICALLYAND OVERCOME HARSH RACIAL BARRIERS, THE HAWKINS AND EDWARDS CLANS WERE WITNESSING THEIR OWN IDENTITY CRISIS...'COLORED, ' 'NEGRO, ' 'BLACK'? BUT ALVINA EDWARDS' PERSONAL DILEMMA WAS MORE DRAMATIC. SHROUDED WITH A SELF-IMPOSED RELIGIOUS PIOUSNESS UNDER SIEGE, SHE NEEDED NOT ONLY HER BIBLE, BUT GUILE TO WARD OFF HER DETRACTOR. AND WITH A WILY GRANDSON, JASON EQUALLY DETERMINE TO DISCLOSE HER PAST, SHE MUST PREVAIL, EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF FAMILY UNITY AND PROGRESS.