The racism a Black, working-class couple faces at work during the Harlem Renaissance spills over into their relationship in violent ways.

A man in Harlem must traverse perilous waters as he attempts to dually support his brother's career in jazz and help him cope with the pain that led him to a heroin overdose in the past.

A white woman talks to several Negro slaves who tell her stories about their personal lives. She learns about their partners and their and families.

A busy maid in Harlem has been saving money for months to buy tickets for a boat ride. When there is a sudden threat to her long-awaited excursion, she will stop at nothing get on the boat.

In a town so small it can hardly be called a town, a black woman serves a rich white family until a series of horrific events causes the single joy in her life to vanish.

At the dawn of the Great Depression, an aged Black man returns to the Virginia plantation where he was born a slave 99 years ago. His arrival forces the now-destitute family who once owned him to confront their poverty and their racism alike.

A man recounts his life experience in New York, covering the various people near and dear to him, as well as the growth of the city itself.

On an island off the coast of South Carolina, two men quickly find themselves plagued by a mysterious spirit after one of them steals a flask from an African American man’s grave.

A Black mother enlists rootworkers to dole out revenge on a White woman whose merciless actions during the Great Depression caused her children to starve.

An elderly woman visits her successful grandson in New York City. Although various people allude to the scandalousness of the source of his fortune, she is unsure if she wants the truth.