Rising Son

Reginald Carter, a native of Birmingham, Alabama and a child of the racial turmoil of the sixties, builds a media company that serves major urban markets. He and his partners are finalizing the sale of their company to a mainstream conglomerate when Reggie is wounded by police, “walking while black” in New York City. Escaping death, Reginald awakens with mixed feelings- is this a materially motivated move that relinquishes control of a community icon or a sound business decision that creates a platform for community change and provides long term wealth for him, his associates, and their families. His daughter, visiting from Atlanta to help during his convalescence, helps him to crystallize his position.
As a potentially explosive incident in the minority community (one that can damage the persona of Mayor “Dan the Man” Ferrara, who aspires to the Governor’s seat), reaction to the shooting is, ironically, diffused by the Reverend Martin Nettles, one of the City’s loudest gadflies. Marty has political aspirations of his own. The subterfuge that is revealed during the Internal Affairs Bureau investigation and the completion of the merger is filled with discovery and unexpected relationships.