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Called to the Fire : A Witness for God in Mississippi; the Story of Dr. Charles Johnson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bush, Chet.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century.
African Americans.
African American clergy--Biography.
African American clergy.
Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Biography.
Civil rights workers.
Trials (Murder)--Mississippi--Meridian.
Trials (Murder).
Murder--Mississippi--Neshoba County--History--20th century.
Murder.
Civil rights workers--Crimes against--Mississippi--Neshoba County--History--20th century.
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century.
Mississippi.
Church of the Nazarene--United States--Clergy--Biography.
Church of the Nazarene.
Johnson, Charles, 1938 March 5-.
Johnson, Charles.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (218 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Nashville : Abingdon Press, 2013.
Summary:
This is the true story of Dr. Charles Johnson, an African American preacher who went to Mississippi in 1961 during the summer of the Freedom Rides. Fresh out of Bible School Johnson hesitantly followed his call to pastor in Mississippi, a hotbed for race relations during the early 1960's. Unwittingly thrust into the heart of a national tragedy, the murder of three Civil Rights activists, he overcame fear and adversity to become a leader in the Civil Rights movement.
Contents:
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction The Whole Man
Chapter 1 Called to Testify
Chapter 2 A Cry in the Darkness
Chapter 3 The Neighborhood
Chapter 4 C.R. Smith
Chapter 5 I Am Sending You
Chapter 6 Fire in My Bones
Chapter 7 Welcome to Mississippi
Chapter 8 I Am with You
Chapter 9 Fitkin's Memorial Church of the Nazarene
Chapter 10 Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs
Chapter 11 King Comes to Mississippi
Chapter 12 Meridian Action
Chapter 13 Dynamite Trial, Part 1
Chapter 14 The Dark Night
Chapter 15 Dynamite Trial, Part 2
Chapter 16 A Very Dismal Day
Chapter 17 Alton's Penance
Epilog Redeemed Relationship
Notes.
Notes:
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ISBN:
1-4267-5993-2

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