Laura Stone and Some of the People in Her Life: Black Tears

An Unforgettable Story of Survival Against All Odds As a young African-American girl growing up in the Deep South of the 1960s, Laura Stone has it hard enough. Then her mother dies, and Laura finds herself shuttled off to an abusive foster home. So begins a moving and disturbing journey through the state's child-welfare system, ending with Laura's formal adoption by her older sister, Marie, hundreds of miles away in Chicago. Far from stabilizing, the new arrangement leads to a parade of me...