Story Title: "The Fire This Time" In the sweltering summer of 1964 Mississippi, 15-year-old Elijah “Eli” Freeman lives at the crossroads of change and tradition. Raised by his grandmother, a former sharecropper with deep spiritual roots, Eli dreams of becoming a journalist—a voice for his people in a world that too often silences then. when three civil rights workers disappear nearby, tensions in Eli’s small town explode. Eli is drawn into the local Freedom School, where he meets Charlotte, a fearless college activist from the North. Inspired by her courage and the quiet strength of his community, Eli begins to chronicle the everyday acts of resistance around him: his uncle who defends Black voters, his pastor who preaches justice, and his grandmother, whose oral histories hold the key to a buried past.As threats escalate and the Klan circles closer, Eli must decide: will he stay silent like so many before him, or will he risk everything to speak truth in a time of fire?