This chapter reveals some clever storytelling by the author, as he contextualizes his father’s struggles as a white liberal Methodist minister with a running account of the black civil rights struggles of the ‘60s.
How would you describe Dr. King’s overarching strategy in leading the struggle for racial equality in the Jim Crow South? What was the Jim Crow South?
How does Tyson turn his discussion of civil rights struggles in the South to focus on North Carolina? (see page 67)
What is the “Letter from the Birmingham Jail,” and what is its significance?
What does it mean to “witness”? How does Miss Amy witness? How does Vernon Tyson witness? How does Martha Tyson witness? How does Dr. Proctor witness? How does the wholesale grocery store salesman named Carl witness? Who else in this chapter “witnesses”? How do YOU witness? What is distinctive about Christian witness?
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