Five years after the Supreme Court of the United States ordered the end of public school segregation, the practice is still alive and well in Pine Grove, South Carolina. In fact, the Freedom of Choice program initiated by the school board is solely to satisfy the federal government and NAACP while keeping the status quo. This clash between federal regulations and local social standards comes to an explosive reality for elementary school principal Ron Guy when his African-American custodian Ben submits a Freedom of Choice form to transfer his step-daughter to Ron's all-white school. Ron...
Five years after the Supreme Court of the United States ordered the end of public school segregation, the practice is still alive and well in Pine Gro...
Racial tensions run high, and the price of freedom comes at a heavy price for those brave enough to pursue equal rights in 1960s rural South Carolina.
A black man's anger over being asked to give up his place in line turns fatal when Deputy Ralph Manley, a crony of the local Ku Klux Klan, shoots him in public. A group of civil rights advocates who call themselves the Manse Kitchen Gang push the mayor to have Manley arrested but lack faith in a local government influenced by local KKK Imperial Wizard James "Red" Cross.
Ron Guy, head teacher at the Citizenship School, where black...
Racial tensions run high, and the price of freedom comes at a heavy price for those brave enough to pursue equal rights in 1960s rural South Caroli...
Racial desegregation threatens to tear a rural South Carolina town apart in John Hamby's gripping new novel, "Freedom to Choose."
The long-awaited sequel to "Freedom of Choice," this historical tale picks up in the aftermath of Ron Guy's firing from his position as principal at an all-white elementary school.
His support for racial equality doesn't sit well with the Ku Klux Klan and White Citizens Council, but Ron manages to find allies in Reverend Booker T. Boyd and Dalton Rhoades. Together, they do all they can to promote desegregation and voter registration, even setting up a...
Racial desegregation threatens to tear a rural South Carolina town apart in John Hamby's gripping new novel, "Freedom to Choose."
