num_pages: 192
description: At 14 Richard (Ricky) Abercrombie was besieged by prejudice because of his multi-racial background and angered by unsatisfactory answers to his heartfelt questions about religious truth. The time was 1960 and the place was Greenville South Carolina. Ricky began carrying a gun skipping school and numbing his painful emotions with alcohol. His parents were worried and his future looked bleak. What happened next  an invitation to a birthday party at the home of a Bah family  changed his life forever. Ricky became intrigued by Bah teachings on racial equality peaceful strategies for social justice and the fundamental unity of religion. As he investigated these teachings Ricky experienced a profound spiritual awakening that led him to give up the gun stop drinking and engage in life with hope and joy. His friends and family initially opposed his dangerous new association with racially integrated groups but Rickys steadfastness drew them into investigating his new beliefs themselves. This true story of how a rebellious teenager transformed his own character and affected the lives of dozens of friends and family members is a cover-to-cover delight.
language: None
title: Crossing the Line: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Change
publisher: Bellwood Press