Birth of a Nation #[nn]

Synopsis

Virtually the entire population of impoverished all-black East St. Louis is "mistakenly" disenfranchised, throwing the presidential election to inept Governor Caldwell. When the Supreme Court upholds the result East St. Louis secedes as the republic of Blackland and establishes an "offshore" bank, quickly attracting gigantic amounts of money. The Caldwell administration tries vainly by surreptitious means to break the city, and at last orders a full military attack. Blackland defuses the attack at the last minute by alliance with OPEC, which threatens the American oil supply.