Introduction

1964

Justice, Mississippi, is a town divided. White and black. Rich and poor. Rule makers and rule breakers. Right or wrong, everyone assumes their place behind a fragile façade that is about to crumble.  When attorney Coop Lindsay agrees to defend a black man accused of murdering a white teenager, the bribes and death threats don’t intimidate him. As he prepares for the case of a lifetime, the young lawyer knows it’s the verdict that poses the real threat—innocent or guilty, because of his stand Coop is no longer welcome in Justice. As he follows his conscience, he wonders just how far some people will go to make sure he doesn’t finish his job?

2014

To some, the result of the trial still feels like a fresh wound even fifty years later, when Coop’s grandson arrives in Justice seeking answers to the questions unresolved by the trial that changed his family’s legacy. When a new case is presented, again pitting white against black, this third generation Lindsay may have the opportunity he needs to right the wrongs of the past. 

But hate destroys everything it touches, and the Lindsay family will not escape unscathed.

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Saturday, June 20, 1964
As her vision became accustomed to the dimness of the rural night, sixteen-year-old Wendy Adams gazed through the windshield, lifted her eyebrows, frowned, and then glared at Frank Baird. The Justice High School senior simply wouldn’t give up. This was his big surprise! This is why he’d told her to keep her eyes closed for the past five minutes. Leaving the VFW dance early had all been a ploy to get her alone and to this spot. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

Early in The Color of Justice, Coop realizes that though he hadn’t intended to, he had come home. How important is this home—the place of five generations of Lindsays—to this story? Could this story have happened any other place than Justice?

Coming home to Justice makes Coop recognize that the sleepy town has not changed. Page 18 says he realized two things: “The first was something he liked; Justice was the same quaint town he remembered from his youth. The second was something he hated; Justice was the same quaint town he remembered from his youth.” How can something be both good and bad at the same time? Is change necessary for survival?

Though Coop hadn’t noticed the racial tensions in Justice, Mississippi, as a child, he can’t ignore it as an adult. Coop even references the old hymn, Amazing Grace, that says “I was blind but now I see.” If the problem has always existed, how is it that it’s visible now and not before? What about growing up makes you more aware of these sorts of challenges?

By the end of the book, the idea of legacy is thoroughly explored. Is the Lindsay legacy accomplished on purpose or by accident? Is creating a legacy a noble cause for someone to pursue today?

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