Uncovered much about civil rights I was unaware of. Presented a wonderful perspective of what happened in the south in the 60's and beyond. I would recommend this for everyone to read.

Great book for stirring discussion about prejudice and for remembering the past.

Timothy Tyson does a masterful job in capturing the readers' interest from the very first sentence. It give everyone who reads it the history and feelings of fear and racial prejudice (on both sides of the aisle) in small town NC in the 1970s. It also provides the reading with a starting point for looking at his or her own racial beliefs if you want to go there. This is truly a mind changing book. Bravo, Tim Tyson.

While I am very intrigued about the murder case of an innocent black solider by a bigoted white man during the early 1970s, the book is mostly about the era of segregation and racism through the lens of a now grown man who’s father was the local Methodist preacher who fought hard to uphold his Christian beliefs of equality and civil rights for Black Americans.