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No Turning Back: My Summer With Daddy King
A fine reinterpretation of atonement theory from a liberationist perspective.
233 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2007
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August 12, 2014
An honest an heartfelt account but not entirely what I expected. I expected more of Brewster's struggles with racism in the South and his own internal struggles with what he encountered. I expected some wrestling with his own race bias. I expected more interaction with Daddy King.
What I didn't expect was a whole chapter of recipes for southern cooking and other chapters that just stood still. Overall a good book; just not a great book.
What I didn't expect was a whole chapter of recipes for southern cooking and other chapters that just stood still. Overall a good book; just not a great book.
September 4, 2015
"Always wondered what white folk sing about. No slavery; can't sing about freedom. No hunger; can't sing about the Lord's banquet. Never driven from your home; can't sing about the Promised Land. Never had no cross burning in your yard, no lynchings in your family; can't sing about deliverance. Always wondered what white folks sing about. I guess they sing about bein' across the river on the other shore. But i want freedom now,' she whispered, 'not in the hereafter.'"
March 3, 2008
This is a memoir by an Episcopal Priest who spent a summer with Dr. Martin Luther King in 1961. Its a great tale of what these people of history were really like and provides a glimpse into the civil rights struggles of the 1950's & 1960's in very personal... and personable.. terms.
September 30, 2013
An honest account of a white northernor who travels to the heart of the south in the 60s. Loved the book and Brewster and it was an easy read, but then ending was a little sadening for me...more could have been done after that summer.
September 1, 2010
Social Action. Gurdon Brewster is a white minister who spent a summer living with Rev. Martin Luther King in the early sixties. This nook is about that summer.
January 29, 2011
read this right after a trip to Atlanta to visit our step-son A unique insight in to the beginnings of the civil rights era.
March 5, 2011
An inspiring book written by a gracious, welcoming man. We had a wonderful talk last Sunday:)
April 1, 2011
Moving, honest, thought-provoking. Now I want to meet Rev. Brewster!
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