An autobiography with an emphasis on the author's conversion to Christianity and his involvement in the civil rights movement in the 1960's back in his home state of Mississippi. Perkins had a hard life, his mother died when he was 7 month old, he had an absentee father, and his brother was shot and killed by a deputy Marshall. After finding God while raising a family in California and moving back to Mississippi he had to deal with the racial attitudes of the 60's making his work difficult and endangering his life and the lives of his friends and family. His attitude of Christian love toward both blacks and whites even after being tortured and beaten by white police officers for simply trying to bail out jailed young activists and the way he saw this situation as a result of the impact of racism on whites as well as blacks was remarkable. I found the description of a fellow black pastor and his family being told to leave a white church during the service interspaced with the words of the hymn being sung particularly powerful. would rate this book 3.5 stars if NetGalley allowed half stars.