Title: Meridian
First published: 1976
Description: Set in the 1960s and 1970s, Meridian centers on Meridian Hill, a student at the fictitious Saxon College, who becomes active in the Civil Rights Movement. She becomes romantically involved with another activist, Truman Held. They have a turbulent on-and-off relationship, during which she becomes pregnant by him.

After Meridian has an abortion, Truman becomes far more attached to her and longs for them to start a life together. Later, Truman becomes involved with a white woman, Lynne Rabinowitz, who is also active in the Civil Rights struggle, though perhaps for the wrong reasons.

As time passes, Truman attempts, unsuccessfully, to achieve personal and financial success while Meridian continues to stay involved in the movement and fight for issues she believes deeply in.
Subjects: African American college students, African American college students in fiction, African American women, African American women in fiction, Civil rights movements, Fiction, Fiction in English, Southern States in fiction, Voter registration, Voter registration in fiction, Feminist fiction, African American girls, African Americans, 1000blackgirlbooks, Fiction, general, African americans, fiction, Southern states, fiction, Atlanta (ga.), fiction, Large type books, American fiction, Women authors, African American authors, Bildungsromans, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Civil rights
Places: Atlanta (Ga.), Southern States, United States