Then suddenly, the family is forced to deal with a shocking reminder of their turbulent past. They had no idea it would be their last full night together, and the last night they would ever step foot in their beloved home again.Ī horrible and unspeakable act of hate and prejudice shatters their peace and causes Katie and her family to move to California, where she attempts to rebuild her life.Īlthough she had put hundreds of miles between herself and her Alabama farm, there were some things that followed her to California things she could not outrun things she would have to grapple with if her life, and the lives of her children, were ever to return to normal. On one night in 1960, Katie went to sleep along with her husband in their modest home. Here was where she was raising her children to love God and love others. Here, she could witness God's handiwork in the beauty of the land. Katie's rural Alabama farm, which she shared with her activist husband, was her oasis, her retreat.
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