Table of Contents:
  • Letter and preface
  • 1. A test of family values
  • 2. Recruitment and orientation
  • 3. A Jewish thread
  • 4. A moral compass
  • 5. Meridian
  • 6. Early days
  • 7. Freedom School teacher
  • 8. Project building blocks
  • 9. Nonviolence 1
  • 10. A world of song
  • 11. In McCarthy's shadow
  • 12. In the news
  • 13. Grief
  • 14. Persistence
  • 15. Mystery untangled and transition
  • 16. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party on the national stage
  • 17. . Respite and new beginnings
  • 18. Return to Meridian
  • 19. Jail
  • 20. Contribution to the delinquency of minors
  • 21. Close quarters
  • 22. Bitter pill
  • 23. Nonviolence 2
  • 24. Brief interlude
  • 25. A period of turmoil
  • 26. Segregation up North and lessons learned
  • 27. On violence and hate, of love and freedom
  • 28. Crossing the threshold
  • Afterword
  • Author's note: Toward a more perfect union
  • Acknowledgments: A story behind the story
  • Resources
  • Index.