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The class of '65 : a student, a divided town, and the long road to forgiveness / Jim Auchmutey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Auchmutey, Jim, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wittkamper, Greg, 1947---Childhood and youth.
- Wittkamper, Greg.
- Koinonia Farm--Biography.
- Koinonia Farm.
- School integration--Georgia--Americus--History--20th century.
- School integration.
- High school students--Georgia--Americus--Biography.
- High school students.
- Youth, White--Georgia--Americus--Biography.
- Youth, White.
- Outcasts--Georgia--Americus--Biography.
- Outcasts.
- Persecution--Georgia--Americus--History--20th century.
- Persecution.
- Class reunions--Georgia--Americus.
- Class reunions.
- Forgiveness--Georgia--Americus.
- Forgiveness.
- Americus (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Americus (Ga.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : PublicAffairs, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Being a student at Americus High School in 1964 was the worst experience of Greg Wittkamper's life. A member of a nearby Christian commune, Koinonia, Greg was publicly and devoutly in favor of racial integration and harmony. Koinonia's farm goods were boycotted by businesses for miles around, and they were targeted and attacked with bombs and gunfire by the Ku Klux Klan.But Greg did not waver in his beliefs. When Americus High School was integrated, he refused to participate in the insults and violence aimed at its black students. He was harassed and bullied and beaten but stood his ground. In
- Contents:
- Contents; Prologue; PART 1: Koinonia; Chapter 1: Farming for Jesus; Chapter 2: "We Made Our Reality"; Chapter 3: Terror in the Night; PART 2: Americus; Chapter 4: The Children's Hour; Chapter 5: Welcome to the Revolution; Chapter 6: "Not in My Town"; PART 3: Senior Year; Chapter 7: Among Panthers; Chapter 8: Still Standing; Chapter 9: A Lesson Before Leaving; PART 4: Continuing Education; Chapter 10: The Next Selma; Chapter 11: Breaking Away; Chapter 12: Growing Up; PART 5: Reunion; Chapter 13: Almost Heaven; Chapter 14: Guilt and Grace; Chapter 15: Back to Americus; Epilogue; Acknowledgments
- NotesSelected Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61039-355-4
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