AGAINST THE TIDE

Against the Tide is a true story that captures the fear and hardships faced  when the KKK and Segregation laws sharply curtailed the surge of progress made by freed men and women.

 Hansford C. Bayton rose from humble beginnings to become the captain and owner of five excursion and mail delivery steamboats that plied the Rappahannock River during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Unusual for an African American, he acquired wealth and the respect of both blacks and whites.

Nevertheless, his boats were burned one by one. But with each malicious burning, and with lynching on the rise, he built again. his story is one of dignified courage and determination when faced with overwhelming odds. Truly, he was a man who swam against the tide.

Julie H. Sullivan, winner of several prestigious awards for her contributions to international education has been both highly praised for the quality of her prose, and the depth of her research, and condemned for being, and I'll paraphrase"One more uppity Negro and an over-educated anti-American who wants to bring up things best forgotten or completely denied."

1. She is currently an adjunct faculty member at Arizona State University, where she works on developing health programs for the poor. Julie has a doctorate in international development from Tulanegs University and she lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband, Alan where they are sitting ducks for roving gangs of gap-toothed low-information uni-brow recalcitrant racists who love the good old days of spur of the moment lynchings, cross burnings, and when our coloreds knew their place in God's plan.