Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Following a string of decidedly lighthearted roles in projects such as the feel-good family comedy 'Ghost Dad,' she retired from acting in '04. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Her first novel, 'Freshwater Road,' was adapted into a stage show at Brown University in 2008. She later graduated from the University of Southern California. She penned several episodes of the series before heading back to school to formally study her second craft. Denise Nicholas was born in Detroit and attended the University of Michigan. While portraying 'Night''s Councilwoman Harriet DeLong, Thompson took part in a momentous, close-to-home story line which not only provided her with a sort of personal closure for her own sister's murder but also inspired her to pursue a writing career. From award-winning actress Denise Nicholas: a ten-year anniversary reissue of her powerful. During her run on the show, which regularly dealt with issues such as race relations and women's rights, she also broke barriers in the world of cinema, co-starring in such blaxploitation classics as the absurdly inspired horror send-up 'Blacula.' She remained a fairly prolific TV force throughout the '70s and into the following decade, but it wasn't until she joined the cast of the gritty, hot-button crime drama 'In the Heat of the Night' ('88-'95) that she again found a truly resonant role. Freshwater Road (Trade Paperback / Paperback).

In the summer of 1964, nineteen year old Celeste Tyree travels from Michigan to Mississippi to participate in the Summer Project.

After touring America as part of a progressive theater group, she began acting on television and almost immediately landed her signature role as compassionate guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the socially conscious college dramedy 'Room 222' ('69-'74). Freshwater Road is a compelling coming of age story set during a defining moment in America's civil rights struggle. Not entirely unlike Sydney Poitier, Denise Nicholas was a quietly dignified, cool yet powerful on-screen performer who was instrumental in the civil rights movement during the late 1960s and early '70s.

Freshwater Road by Denise Nicholas