SLIPPIN' INTO DARKNESS, a racial delight

SLIPPIN' INTO DARKNESS: Toward the end of the twenty-first century, the U.S. was on the verge of collapse. Crime and unemployment were widespread, and people were scared. Some blamed the labor unions; some blamed an unresponsive government; and as usual, blacks and whites blamed each other. "Dateline Washington: This morning at 11 A.M., President Smith signed into law what will be a mandate for African Americans to live in their own territorial states, separate from white Americans. These states, formerly known as Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Minnesota, will henceforth be known as New Black Nation." For millions of Americans the press release meant a new beginning; for Annie and Darryl Franklin, it was the beginning of the end...