Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma, and Redemption

by Allen Jr Phil and Phil Allen Jr.

On December 10, 1953, tragedy was visited on a family when Nathaniel Allen was murdered on the Sampit River by his white employer, who lured him into the meeting under the false promise of reconciliation. Allen's death was recorded as an accidental drowning, a deliberate cover-up of the bullet hole seen by more than one witness.

Three generations later, Phil Allen Jr. revisits this harrowing story and recounts the ""baton of bitterness""...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1506469337
• ISBN13: 9781506469331
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"