Timeless and Topical

This little book (published in 1993) was captivating. Efficiently informational, it's written in interview format, so all are first-person accounts. We've all read what the Jim Crow south was like, and heard about school segregation. In this book, instead, you're submerged into the experience, feeling the frustration of the children and fears of the parents. You get swept up in the wave of passion which drove these brave people to risk it all (no exaggeration here, I mean ALL) and commit, because something had to change. MLK Jr. is "Uncle Martin" to some of these kids, and you see that side of him, the unassuming man with unwavering faith, and how he used that foundation to become a leader for all time. A must-read.