Fruit of the Lash ( A White Predator, My Less Than "Great" Grand Father)

In Fruit of the Lash, J.C. Faulk pulls no punches, uncovering under-told stories that so many would rather bury. Black Americans don’t just carry the names of enslavers—we carry their DNA.

 

Through the story of his great-great-grandmother Millie and countless other women and girls brutalized on Southern plantations, J.C. confronts generational trauma, forced bloodlines, and the question:

 

What if reparations are not about race, but undeniable lineage? This is the story of stolen roots and our refusal to stay silent.