A Crime on the Bayou is the story of Gary Duncan, a Black teenager from Plaquemines Parish, a swampy strip of land south of New Orleans. In 1966, Duncan tries to interrupt up an argument between white and Black youngsters exterior a newly built-in college. He gently lays his hand on a white boy’s arm. The boy recoils like a snake. That night time, police burst into Duncan’s trailer and arrest him for assault on a minor. A younger Jewish legal professional, Richard Sobol, leaves his prestigious D.C. agency to volunteer in New Orleans. Along with his assist, Duncan bravely stands as much as a racist authorized system powered by a white supremacist boss to problem his unfair arrest. Their struggle goes all the way in which to the U.S. Supreme Courtroom, and their lifelong friendship is solid.
