Brenda Sykes

드럼(Drum: 켄 노튼 분)의 출생 비밀은 19세기 초 쿠바, 하나바 항의 흑인 노예 경매 시장에서 한 백인 여자가 자신의 성적인 만족을 얻기위해 사들인 튼튼한 아프리카 왕족 흑인과의 결합에서 탄생된다. 드럼은 백인들의 희롱과 학대 속에서 자신의 엄마가 벡인이란 사실도 모르는 채 하루 하루를 악몽 속에서 살아간다. 노예가 된 흑인들은 백인을 위해 자신의 친구와 투견처럼 싸워야 했고 튼튼한 씨받이로서 자식을 낳고, 그 자식은 팔려갔다. 드럼은 백인 어머니의 염려 속에 노예 상인에게 팔려가는데.

워렌은 흑인을 경멸하는 매우 악질인 농장주이지만 그의 아들 '해몬드'는 그나마 흑인들에게 관대한 편이다. 혼기가 찬 해몬드는 백인 블랑슈와 결혼을 하게 되고 첫날밤 그녀가 처녀가 아니었다는 사실을 알고 실망하여 부부라는 관계만 유지하는 결혼생활을 하게 된다. 그리고 아내인 블랑슈 대신 자신에게 처녀성을 받친 흑인 노예 엘렌과의 관계를 더 중요시하고 그녀와의 성관계를 통해서만 만족을 얻는다. 남편에게 사랑받지 못한다는 질투심과 절망감에 블랑슈는 해몬드에게 언제나 충성을 받치는 만딩고족 미드를 침실로 불러 강제로 성관계를 맺는다. 그렇게 블랑슈는 임신을 하게 되고...

After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.

A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.

Black girl from rich family loves white boy from poor family.

Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in the pre–Civil War American West. In their scam, Quincy sells Jason into slavery, frees him, and the two move on to the next town of suckers . . . until a con gone wrong leads Jason into real danger.

At Oceanfront High School, female students are being targeted by an unknown serial killer. Meanwhile, a married teacher hides his flings with nubile students, and an awkward male is frustrated by the plethora of uninhibited freewheeling young girls.

A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.

Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.

Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.

Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand against racism, he is greeted with a hostile bunch of Southern bigots and other various stereotypes.