02051oam 2200445z- 450 991080975090332120230201171418.01-4267-5993-2(CKB)4330000000035569(MiAaPQ)EBC6123116(EXLCZ)99433000000003556920161211d2013 uy 0engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCalled to the fire a witness for God in Mississippi : the story of Dr. Charles Johnson /Chet BushNashville:Abingdon Press,2013.1 online resource (218 pages)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.African AmericansCivil rightsMississippiHistory20th centuryAfrican American clergyBiographyCivil rights workersMississippiBiographyTrials (Murder)MississippiMeridianMurderMississippiNeshoba CountyHistory20th centuryCivil rights workersCrimes againstMississippiNeshoba CountyHistory20th centuryMississippiRace relationsHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryAfrican American clergyCivil rights workersTrials (Murder)MurderHistoryCivil rights workersCrimes againstHistory323.092BBush Chet1616993BOOK9910809750903321Called to the fire3947998UNINA