Part one. Origins. Canaries in a coal mine ; Poor white trash ; Family curse ; Naming my story ; Class war in graduate school ; Beginning -- Part two. Survival. River ; "The American dream" and its signs ; Baptism on the edge of loss ; Childhood nightmares ; Theatrics of terror ; On the run ; Value of punishment -- Part three. Death. Death on the river ; Shaker funeral ; Hospital visits ; Kneeling in chains ; Seeking redemption -- Part four. Resistance. A rainbow coalition ; A poor people's campaign, then and now ; Facing off with vigilantes ; Projects of survival, Aberdeen style ; Raising the flag ; Healing is revolutionary ; Mustard seed movement ; An ode to joy -- Part five. Anniversary of the Black Panthers ; White trash in DC ; Halls of Congress ; Trespass first degree ; #RiverGang4Life ; Uprising meets Aberdeen ; Organizing the future ; When we bought the farm.