Seeing the world in black and white…
Sam Hicks becomes the first Black attorney in the public defender’s office in Utica, New York. The position pushes him into unfamiliar territory. Growing up in poverty, he witnessed the devastating effects of violent crime on the Black community. He also carries the weight of his own anger and trauma. Now he must defend young Black clients and others trapped in a cycle of violence, poverty, and despair.
As Sam’s personal and professional lives collide, he confronts the lie that Black skin defines a person’s worth or destiny. Can he break the cycle of generational poverty, incarceration, and premature death before it destroys another generation?
Cursed Black is Ed Thompson’s compelling Christian drama that explores Black-on-Black crime, faith, redemption, and the challenges of America’s criminal justice system.
Sam Hicks already faces enormous challenges as a Black attorney in the public defender’s office. Then his path to redemption takes another difficult turn. A racist judge reassigns most of Sam’s cases and targets both him and the poverty-stricken men and women he represents every day.
Since becoming a Christian, Sam has made great strides in his faith. Even so, the wounds from his childhood continue to haunt him. He still battles old beliefs about race, identity, and his own self-worth.
Can Sam finally leave his past behind? Or will fear, anger, and doubt keep him from fully trusting God and embracing the freedom only He can give?
For Sam Hicks, life becomes harder—not easier—after he gives his life to Christ. Almost overnight, he suffers a devastating loss in his family. His wife faces a difficult, life-threatening pregnancy. Uncertainty at his new law firm tests his confidence. Then a major sex scandal rocks the small church he has grown to love. The pastor Sam considers a friend stands at the center of it all.
Each trial pushes Sam closer to his breaking point. Grief, fear, and disappointment threaten to overwhelm him. Yet every struggle also calls him to surrender more of his life to God.
Instead of giving in, Sam chooses to fight. One battle at a time, he stands against the forces of darkness and clings to the faith that has transformed his life.
Out of Darkness is Ed J. Thompson’s sobering and far-reaching final installment of the 3- part series, “In Living Color.” AMAZON