Letter and preface
1. A test of family values
2. Recruitment and orientation
3. A Jewish thread
4. A moral compass
5. Meridian
6. Early days
7. Freedom School teacher
8. Project building blocks
9. Nonviolence 1
10. A world of song
11. In McCarthy's shadow
12. In the news
13. Grief
14. Persistence
15. Mystery untangled and transition
16. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party on the national stage
17. . Respite and new beginnings
18. Return to Meridian
19. Jail
20. Contribution to the delinquency of minors
21. Close quarters
22. Bitter pill
23. Nonviolence 2
24. Brief interlude
25. A period of turmoil
26. Segregation up North and lessons learned
27. On violence and hate, of love and freedom
28. Crossing the threshold
Afterword
Author's note: Toward a more perfect union
Acknowledgments: A story behind the story
Resources
Index.