Michelle Cole brings to life Black historical facts in her book 'Black Was the Ink'

Michelle Coles, Civil Rights Attorney with the Department of Justice (DOJ) pens her first novel, "Black Was the Ink", a Young Adult novel, about sixteen-year-old Malcolm who takes a fantastical journey through Reconstruction-era America with the help of a ghostly ancestor, while working in the present day to save his family’s farm in Mississippi from being claimed by the State.