The class of '65 [electronic resource] : a student, a divided town, and the long road to forgiveness / Jim Auchmutey.

"Being a student at Americus High School in 1964 was the worst experience of Greg Wittkamper's life. A member of a nearby Christian commune, Koinonia, Greg was publicly and devoutly in favor of racial integration and harmony. Koinonia's farm goods were boycotted by businesses for miles around, and t...

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Main Author: Auchmutey, Jim
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Wittkamper, Greg, > 1947- > Childhood and youth.
Koinonia Farm > Biography.
School integration > Georgia > Americus > History > 20th century.
High school students > Georgia > Americus > Biography.
Youth, White > Georgia > Americus > Biography.
Outcasts > Georgia > Americus > Biography.
Persecution > Georgia > Americus > History > 20th century.
Class reunions > Georgia > Americus.
Forgiveness > Georgia > Americus.
Americus (Ga.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2015 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
Class of sixty-five
The Class of '65: A Student, a Divided Town, and the Long Road to Forgiveness
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Part 1: Koinonia
  • Farming for Jesus
  • "We Made Our Reality"
  • Terror in the Night
  • Part 2: Americus
  • The Children's Hour
  • Welcome to the Revolution
  • "Not in My Town"
  • Part 3: Senior year
  • Among Panthers
  • The Fight
  • A Lesson Before Leaving
  • Part 4: Continuing Education
  • The Next Selma
  • Breaking Away
  • Growing Up
  • Part 5: Reunion
  • Almost Heaven
  • Guilt and Grace
  • Back to Americus
  • Epilogue.