Stephen Haynes is Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College and the author of many books, including Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians and Noah's Curse (OUP 2002).

• Part I: Kneel-Ins and Church Desegregation ; Chapter 1: Southern Churches and Civil Rights ; Chapter 2: The Practice of Church Protest: Decatur, Albany, Birmingham, Jackson, Atlanta, Montgomery ; Chapter 3: On Their Knees: An Anatomy of Church Kneel-Ins ; Part II: The Kneel-In Movement in Memphis ; Chapter 4: Memphis before King: The Long Fight against Segregation ; Chapter 5: The Facade Fractures: A Church, a College, and a Cause ; Chapter 6: Black and White Together: Views from the Church Steps ; Chapter 7: Locking Arms or Looking Away: Views from the Sanctuary ; Chapter 8: The Story Goes National: Views from Afar ; Chapter 9: Shame, Defiance, Punishment, and Schism: The 1965 General Assembly and the Birth of Independent Presbyterian Church ; Part III: The Legacy of the "Second Presbyterian Controversy" ; Chapter 10: The Afterlife of Protest: "Radical" Students Look Back ; Chapter 11: The Children: Remembering Church Trauma ; Chapter 12: Confronting the PAst: The Quest for Reconciliation at Second Presbyterian Church ; Chapter 13: The Past That Will Not Stay Past: Independent Presbyterian Church ; Epilogue: The Romance of Howard and Hortense ; Index

A well-researched analysis of a church desegregation campaign in Memphis... As a thorough examination into local history, this work will nevertheless leave readers questioning its larger significance... Haynes's book provides a fitting entryway into a feature of the movement that is ripe for further analysis.

Stephen Haynes is Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College and the author of many books, including Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians and Noah's Curse (OUP 2002).

• Part I: Kneel-Ins and Church Desegregation ; Chapter 1: Southern Churches and Civil Rights ; Chapter 2: The Practice of Church Protest: Decatur, Albany, Birmingham, Jackson, Atlanta, Montgomery ; Chapter 3: On Their Knees: An Anatomy of Church Kneel-Ins ; Part II: The Kneel-In Movement in Memphis ; Chapter 4: Memphis before King: The Long Fight against Segregation ; Chapter 5: The Facade Fractures: A Church, a College, and a Cause ; Chapter 6: Black and White Together: Views from the Church Steps ; Chapter 7: Locking Arms or Looking Away: Views from the Sanctuary ; Chapter 8: The Story Goes National: Views from Afar ; Chapter 9: Shame, Defiance, Punishment, and Schism: The 1965 General Assembly and the Birth of Independent Presbyterian Church ; Part III: The Legacy of the "Second Presbyterian Controversy" ; Chapter 10: The Afterlife of Protest: "Radical" Students Look Back ; Chapter 11: The Children: Remembering Church Trauma ; Chapter 12: Confronting the PAst: The Quest for Reconciliation at Second Presbyterian Church ; Chapter 13: The Past That Will Not Stay Past: Independent Presbyterian Church ; Epilogue: The Romance of Howard and Hortense ; Index

A well-researched analysis of a church desegregation campaign in Memphis... As a thorough examination into local history, this work will nevertheless leave readers questioning its larger significance... Haynes's book provides a fitting entryway into a feature of the movement that is ripe for further analysis.

Stephen Haynes is Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College and the author of many books, including Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians and Noah's Curse (OUP 2002).

• Part I: Kneel-Ins and Church Desegregation ; Chapter 1: Southern Churches and Civil Rights ; Chapter 2: The Practice of Church Protest: Decatur, Albany, Birmingham, Jackson, Atlanta, Montgomery ; Chapter 3: On Their Knees: An Anatomy of Church Kneel-Ins ; Part II: The Kneel-In Movement in Memphis ; Chapter 4: Memphis before King: The Long Fight against Segregation ; Chapter 5: The Facade Fractures: A Church, a College, and a Cause ; Chapter 6: Black and White Together: Views from the Church Steps ; Chapter 7: Locking Arms or Looking Away: Views from the Sanctuary ; Chapter 8: The Story Goes National: Views from Afar ; Chapter 9: Shame, Defiance, Punishment, and Schism: The 1965 General Assembly and the Birth of Independent Presbyterian Church ; Part III: The Legacy of the "Second Presbyterian Controversy" ; Chapter 10: The Afterlife of Protest: "Radical" Students Look Back ; Chapter 11: The Children: Remembering Church Trauma ; Chapter 12: Confronting the PAst: The Quest for Reconciliation at Second Presbyterian Church ; Chapter 13: The Past That Will Not Stay Past: Independent Presbyterian Church ; Epilogue: The Romance of Howard and Hortense ; Index

A well-researched analysis of a church desegregation campaign in Memphis... As a thorough examination into local history, this work will nevertheless leave readers questioning its larger significance... Haynes's book provides a fitting entryway into a feature of the movement that is ripe for further analysis.