Dr. George S. Peart

Five years have passed since the birth of Garrett Kwame Barrington, the first child of Garry Barrington and his wife, Jennie Mensa. Their home is comfortably situated between the stately red brick manor house of his paternal grandparents, Walter and Victoria Barrington, and the lovely wood-framed house of his maternal grandparents, Basusu and Charlotte Mensa. There is no lack of excitement for a growing boy among the horses, fish in the pond walks in the woods, and piggyback rides.
Now, Garrett Kwame is ready to begin his education, but where to go to school is problematic. The family lives on a large estate that protects their mixed-race child.  If Garrett attends a public school, there is no fence to hide behind. He would be exposed to harassment, taunts, and bias from some teachers. Jennie, his mother, did not want him to attend an all-white or all-black Academy, which would prevent him from accepting his rich dual heritage.
The family fears that home-schooling the boy could inspire Klan activity that would endanger teachers on their travels to and from the Estate.
Join us on the journey that began with Basusu Mensa family, who moved from slavery to freedom and now moving into the next generation. Jennie Mensa Barrington, the strong-minded mother of a mixed-race child, with the support of several courageous families, overcomes hostility, negligence, homicide, arson, assault, and battery so that a rambunctious, curious, clever Garrett Kwame can learn reading, writing, and arithmetic, geography, history and how to build a snowman.