the girl's mother, martha biggs, rushed to the door. she opened it.nly to see seven police officers, a blinding flash light and her dreams exploding once again. the year was 2010. the year that for the first time in united states history bank seized 1 million homes evicting 3,000 families. and flew into the bathroom, and shoving them into the family's minivan. the girl emerged from the bathroom, a female police officer and meltdown to remind them to put on shoes and clothes. it was the winter. martha roused her only son, 3 mack baby and coaxed him into the car. altogether the family felt like it was tight. marissa in the front seat, justice, crowded in between clothes and quote in the back. as martha drove away from the house that had been their home and 5ed to salazar elementary school where the archives were good as they hoped, she knew this eviction was not only part of the 2008 housing crisis. she knew it was part of a much longer story, one that stretched back to martha's child attend further, all the way to the founding of the united states. she