Even the Least of These

Even the Least of These takes place in the 1930s, in the Deep South, and it mirrors the racism and prejudice that we are experiencing today.

Put together a born-again preacher, Charles, who is fighting his own homosexuality, and a born-again deacon, Mobley, who feels God's power to heal only when his subjects are weak and powerless.

Put together two young Afro-American men who have been best friends since childhood. They have managed to keep under wraps the sexual urges they have had for each other because of the "eternal damnation" it would bring onto them.

The story weaves itself around Liz-Beth, in her fifties, being born mentally retarded. The left side of her body is paralyzed, and she walks with an awkward limp. Always under her left arm, she carries Suzy, her little stuffed monkey.

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