Protagonist and son of a Methodist minister. A white Huntingdon College student who attends a civil rights church event, evades arrest, and faces KKK retaliation. He becomes SNCC's first white field secretary, narrowly escapes lynching in Mississippi, and ultimately commits fully to the movement after a mentor's death and a violent confrontation with a former friend.
Direct familial bond establishing the generational and ideological foundation of the narrative.
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