Crisis of Conscience features personal stories by Arkansas Methodist pastors, laypersons, and community leadersaincluding Dale Bumpers, M. Joycelyn Elders, and Miller Williamsawho lived through the struggles for civil rights in the 1950s and saw their congregations and other institutions rocked by the tumultuous events of the history-making era. The book also depicts the desegregation of Hendrix College, the prophetic role of Philander Smith College in civil rights activism, and the experiences of other Arkansas Methodist institutions in the great freedom struggle that caused many of the...
Crisis of Conscience features personal stories by Arkansas Methodist pastors, laypersons, and community leadersaincluding Dale Bumpers, M. Joycelyn El...