Summary

Maybe Brave – Marlee and Mother go out gathering signatures on the petition. They encounter Sally and her mother, who are collecting signatures on a petition for CROSS (Committee to Retain Our Segregated Schools). Later, while having lunch, Mother recalls an incident when Marlee was a child that, Mother says, proved to her that she had a brave daughter. The next day, JT (who has a black eye) tells Marlee that Red has been keeping the dynamite in his car. Marlee tells Dad, who tells the police, who reveal that the car’s been searched and found nothing.

Saints, Sinners, and Savables – Both CROSS and STOP get enough signatures on their respective petitions to force a new election. This puts both sides into higher gear to get out the vote to win the election, with Marlee providing the math that indicates STOP’S...