Let Justice Roll Down

Thanks to my friend, Hugh, for lending it to me I just finished reading Let Justice Roll Down by John Perkins.

In this autobiography, Perkins, recounts his life growing up on a plantation as a sharecropper in the deep south of Mississippi in the 1930s and '40s and the path his life took toward becoming a leader of the civil rights movement.

For years racial reconciliation has been a passion of mine, but living in the northeast nearly all my life has provided for a very limited understanding of the history of race relations in the United States. Even living in Raleigh, NC for almost four years has provided limited insight into the level intensity of racial discrimination experienced in the deep south.

Over the years, films like Mississippi Burning and Rosewood, have opened my eyes to how extensive the issues have been in the south, but reading the life story of a man who lived through those experiences made things much more accessible to me.

John Perkins and the organizations he has founded have made a huge impact on the inner cities of the United States. His work has brought spiritual and economic transformation to countless lives and he continues to be an inspiration to many who are called to urban ministry.

I highly recommend Let Justice Roll Down...