From Segregation To Civil Rights And Beyond: A Story Of The Southland

This book details what life was like for a boy growing up in the South. The story of his life is a prelude to his work in the field of law enforcement in a time of civil strife. His story chronicles events that occurred in a metropolitan sheriff's department designed to deny black people their right to serve on a jury. There are also details of certain wiretaps that were used by the department during that historic time. It tells of a family tragedy and a later call into the ministry. The last arrest of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is recounted by the author, who actually made that arrest. It is the story of a boy becoming a man and the events of both periods of his life.