The Friendship

The Friendship tells the story of four children who witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s. In The Gold Cadillac, 'Lois and her sister Wilma are proud that the family will be driving in it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rual South, there are no admiring glances for the wonderful car, only suspicion and anger for the black man behind the wheel.