re: "We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, Chaney and the Civil Rights

I was alive and very much aware of what was going on at the time. My class was the very first at my high school to become integrated (7 black students). Have to say that those kids were pretty brave at the time. At our 20th reunion some of them were present, including Darrell who was a really good guy with a great personality . . . and a thick skin because he was playfully called "snowball" by some of the white guys back in high school. He shrugged it off and everyone liked him. Unfortunately, not long after the reunion Darrell passed away from heart disease (as I recall).

I guess if you weren't actually present in a small southern town in the sixties, it may seem like those events are exaggerated or overblown. But the times were very real, indeed.

Kudos to L.A. for mentioning the book. I've never read it but plan to download.