Academy Award-winning writer John Ridley has returned with his years-in-the-making sequel to his acclaimed alternate history tale, THE AMERICAN WAY. The Civil Rights movement of the 1970s has gotten angrier and much more explosive as heroes such as the New American, Amber Waves and Ole Miss find themselves getting drawn in. But when things are no longer so black and white, will they find themselves on the right side of history? Will they even live long enough to know?

In this exclusive sneak peek at THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #2, two of these heroes are dealt major setbacks. One violent, one quiet. Both devastating.

THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #2 by John Ridley, Georges Jeanty, John Livesay, Danny Miki, Paul Neary and Nick Filardi is in stores this Wednesday.