When courage calls, answers unfold with startling results.
In a Mississippi town in 1967, Millie Howard resists her pastor's request to help run a Head Start school and participate in the civil rights movement to register black voters. Sensing danger, she does not want to disrupt her comfortable life as wife, mother, mortician. Her daughter's admission of threats from a local white boy confirms her fears. And yet, inspired by a speech given by a civil rights activist, Millie reflects on the importance of participating in the movement.
Once she accepts her pastor's call to action, she realizes how real the peril is. The Klan attempts to thwart her and her family's efforts with continuous harassment and acts of violence. The final terror is a Klan clad figure setting their house on fire. Yet through all the adversity, the Howards and friends manage to improve the lives of underprivileged children and to secure the right to vote for the disenfranchised black community. The spirit of hope never leaves Millie, her family and friends as they triumph over the vicious attempts at intimidation and continue the ongoing fight for equality.

• We just started tracking this book.
• The current price of this book is $4.99 last checked 2 hours ago.
• This book is currently at its lowest price since we started tracking it.

• Literature & FictionUnited StatesBlack & African AmericanHistorical
• Literature & FictionBlack & African AmericanHistorical
• Mystery, Thriller & SuspenseThrillersHistorical
• Literature & FictionUnited States

• Publication Date: August 19, 2024
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 270 Pages
• File Size: 17 KB