Bibliograph

Called to the Fire, a Witness for God in Mississippi ; The Story of Dr. Charles Johnson

Type

Label

Called to the Fire, a Witness for God in Mississippi ; The Story of Dr. Charles Johnson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Called to the Fire

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

a Witness for God in Mississippi ; The Story of Dr. Charles Johnson

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. As a key African American witness to take the stand in the trial famously dubbed the "Mississippi Burning" case by the FBI, Charles Johnson played a key role for the Federal Justice Department, offering clarity to the event that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This story of love, conviction, adversity, and redemption climaxes with shocking encounter between Charles and one of the murderers. The reader will be riveted to the details of a gracious life in pursuit of the call of God from the pulpit to the streets, and ultimately into the courtroom

Target audience

adult

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