My Life of Service, Struggle, Faith, and Hope
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In telling his life story, Rev. Aaron Johnson takes us to the front lines of the fight for civil and human rights in our country over the last fifty years. Whether being beaten and dragged from a dime store lunch counter, standing blindfolded before a Ku Klux Klan meeting, or praying arm-in-arm with a death-row inmate, Johnson shows us how human hatred and fear smells, sounds and feelsand how it feels to empower others with hope and trust.
Told with humility and humor, Johnsons story reminds us that one individualwith focus and faithcan effect great change despite repeated hurdles. Readers will come to know Aaron Johnson as a friend and inspiring hero who suspects that God still has a few projects waiting for him on his to-do list.
A sharecropper’s son, Aaron Johnson led sit-ins under Dr. King’s tutelage, advised North Carolina governors, and served as state corrections secretary while pastoring a Baptist church. Deb Cleveland is the author of Hugs from Heaven: Portraits of a Woman’s Faith, a minister’s wife, and mother of three sons.
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