Standing on Holy Ground

A Triumph Over Hate Crime in the Deep South

By: Sandra E. Johnson

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Paperback | 31 August 2005

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A harrowing tale of how faith and friendship can surmount hate and violence

After a vicious hate crime destroyed St. John Baptist Church in Dixiana, South Carolina, in 1984, two courageous women risked their lives to organize the rebuilding effort. Ammie Murray, a white union leader, and her African American friend Barbara Simmons braved death threats to successfully lead an interracial group of volunteers to reconstruct the historic African American church. But their joy was short-lived. In 1995, St. John was the first of more than one hundred southern black churches plagued by a series of arsons during a two-year period. The obstacles to erecting the church once more seemed insurmountable but proved no match for the tenacity of those determined to see St. John rise again.

Standing on Holy Ground is an inspiring tale that proves friendship, reconciliation, spiritual strength, and enduring hope can transcend racial hatred. In a moving narrative, Sandra E. Johnson chronicles how the fearless duo of Murray and Simmons sparked a victory against hate crime in their community and became leaders in a national battle against violence and vandalism.

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A gripping page-turner.... This touching and compelling story of the heinous effect hate crimes can have on a community delivers the uplifting message that people can overcome hatred and renew a community.

-- "Library Journal"

A ruthlessly honest account of the new progressive South still struggling with a very old legacy of hate.

-- "USA Today"

A shocking and ultimately heartening case study of political involvement, social action, and religious faith....Johnson spins a far wider web and covers the rise of the Klan in the South; an enormous, seemingly planned, epidemic of vandalism inflicted upon southern black churches in the 1980s and 1990s; and the complicated racial politics of the southern law enforcement and legal system.... By the end, the book becomes a stimulating whodunit and courtroom drama.

-- "Publishers Weekly"

Shows how faith, love, and sheer bullheadedness may lose battle after battle against racism and still win the war.

-- "O Magazine"

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Silent tongue	p. 3
Lifted hands, open hearts	p. 22
Who the hell is Ammie Murray?	p. 27
Whatcha' helping that Nigger church for?	p. 36
From the past	p. 57
Honey bear and Max	p. 76
Under attack	p. 88
Do you have a death wish?	p. 104
Rebirth	p. 116
Halloween	p. 120
Stick and bulldog	p. 129
Lost soul	p. 137
Smoke and ashes	p. 154
Different colors, same message	p. 176
A stranger from Texas	p. 192
The Lord is standing by	p. 213
We're watching you	p. 229
Fire in the night	p. 250
A season for justice	p. 270
A lesson from Galatians	p. 280
Saying good-bye	p. 305
An expression of God	p. 315
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Standing on Holy Ground

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