San Francisco: West-Lewis Publishing Co., (1974) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel by this white civil rights activist, long-time reporter (including for the Chicago Defender) who was is best known for his non-fiction "Scottsboro Boy" as well as biographies of Harriet Tubman, Dorothy Dandrige and others. This in an hour by hour account of the final day in the existence of a storied Manhattan restaurant and night-club, one which finds itself caught up in demands that it treat Black customers equally. Warmly INSCRIBED "to a very dear friend, Larry Murphy" on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-913984019.