Based on interviews and personal memoirs, Southern White Ministers and the Civil Rights Movement traces the efforts of clergymen who - deeply moved by the struggle of African Americans - looked for ways to reconcile the history of discrimination and slavery with Christian principles and to help their black neighbours.

Based on interviews and personal memoirs, Southern White Ministers and the Civil Rights Movement traces the efforts of clergymen who - deeply moved by the struggle of African Americans - looked for ways to reconcile the history of discrimination and slavery with Christian principles and to help their black neighbours.