The Break Room: A Story of Self-Reliance

Mitchell Person opened his small construction company in the bad part of town because that was the only place he could afford. He wasn't interested in urban renewal. He wasn't interested in turning his city's social welfare system on end. He only wanted to use his hands and tools to build things of which he could be proud.

But his spirit of self-reliance spills into the nearby neighborhood, starting a magnificent rebirth of the city's worst slum.

Not everyone appreciates Person's efforts. An ambitious politician and greedy union boss yank Person into a fiery racial controversy that threatens to destroy all he has built. He faces the choice of succumbing to their wishes, or sticking by his principles and losing everything.