Set in the American South in the 1960s it follows Meridian Hill, a courageous young activist who dedicates her self heart and soul to her civil rights work. After Lynne leaves, Truman attempts to rekindle his former love for Meridian, asking her to have his children. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. Walker sets the novel during this time with her three main characters, Meridian, Truman, and Lynne, getting involved in this movement and meeting each other through it.

There was always her dedication to help people, even if the “Movement” group she became associated with was less then an upstanding group. In spite of many sharply sketched minor characters (for instance, the young woman dying of a kidney ailment who says "Don't sit there. An alternate meaning, “distinctive character,” applies just as well to the novel’s protagonist and namesake. Working in a campaign to register African American voters, Meridian cares broadly and deeply for the people she visits, and, while her coworkers quit and move to comfortable homes, she continues to work in the deep South despite a paralyzing illness. Walker is also a student of history, and she strives to create a dialogue in her work between the past and the present in an attempt to elucidate eternal truths as well as eternal struggles and hardships.The action shifts to a flashback of Lynne, who left her family to be with Truman and pursue her involvement in the movement. Over a thousand volunteers, mostly white college students from northern cities, joined with Mississippians to go door to door.

Sojourner Truth was a ground-breaking civil rights activist and feminist, most know today for her famous speech "Ain't I a Woman? and Meridian herself, a black woman who cannot lie and for whom ideas are simply real and to be acted upon with her life. Volunteers were met with resistance and violence, most notably the fates of three men: two white volunteers from NY, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman and a local black man, James Chaney. With graduation approaching, Meridian again falls ill, losing her sight and lapsing into unconsciousness. Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive.Truman adalah seorang kulit hitam yang juga tidak 'mengenali dirinya sendiri' dan tidak tahu keinginan hatinya, meski penampilan menunjukkan sebaliknya. Meridian has been passionately in love with Truman, who leaves her for Lynne, whom he later abandons along with their daughter Camara. Meridian Hill is a black woman in America's south, and the book relays in an non-linear style her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement as well as some other key characters in her life. Perjuangannya bukan hal yang gampang, karena ternyata tantangan itu bukan hanya datang dari perlakuan kaum kulit putih yang diskriminan (which is always beautifully written by Alice), tapi dari para kulit hitam sendiri.