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"The story of Nelson and Joyce Johnson is as important as the stories of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, Mother Jones and Martin Luther King, Jr. in America’s struggle for freedom. By telling their story so well, MORNINGSIDE both illuminates what’s at stake in our present moment and reveals wisdom we need to build the beloved community here and now." — Dr. Rev. William J. Barber, II, author of WHITE POVERTY

"MORNINGSIDE is a riveting account of a critical chapter in our nation's racial history. Aran Shetterly takes us along for a wild ride — Nelson and Joyce Johnson’s decades-long struggle to achieve justice for America’s poor and marginalized who are living on the 'outskirts of hope.' From the Klan's deadly ambush, to the quest for truth and reconciliation, to the building of beloved community, the Johnson’s story is an essential — and moving — lesson in the courage it takes to transform tragedy and despair into resilience and hope, all in the pursuit of justice" — Michelle Alexander, author of the THE NEW JIM CROW

"In this brilliant investigative deep-dive, historian Shetterly revisits the 1979 slaying of five radical...activists by the KKK during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, NC. [Shetterly] expands his story into a history of the FBI's extensive COINTELPRO-era use of informants in white supremacist groups...Propulsive and precise, this brings into startling focus the freewheeling world of law enforcement's Cold War-era anticommunist crusade."— Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Aran Shetterly's incredible book offers a harrowing reminder of how our justice system too often turns a blind eye to the perpetrators of racial violence while denying their victims blind justice." — Michelle Coles, former USDOJ civil rights attorney, Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner, and author of Black Was the Ink.

"Shetterly…offers an exhaustive and authoritative rendering of the murderous attack by Klansmen and neo-Nazis that killed five participants at an anti-Klan rally on Nov. 3, 1979…The author masterfully uses this material to construct a detailed, nuanced, and gripping narrative that describes all of the principals’ motivations, struggles, and aims...His work constitutes the most definitive account to date of the Morningside massacre and its subsequent political, social, and legal ramifications. A must for anyone interested in the history of race and social structure in the United States." — Kirkus Reviews

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