Title: Growing pains : how racial struggles changed a church and a school /
Authors: Meehan, Christopher H., 1949-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Reformed Church in America Education Illinois History; Lawndale Christian Reformed Church (Chicago, Ill.); Timothy Christian School (Cicero, Ill.); Church and education Illinois History; School integration Illinois History
Contents: The First Day of School -- Leading the Charge -- An Enduring Impart -- The Christian Reformed Church Was Not Immune -- The Fight Begins -- Parents Seek Schooling for Their Children -- Racism Infests the Christian School Movement -- "Up the Up Staircase" -- What Was It about Cicero? -- CRC Life in Cicero -- It May Be Lawful, but ... -- The Big Yellow School Bus -- Looking beyond Des Plaines -- The Call for Civil Rights in the CRC -- An Earlier Struggle Resolved -- A Call to Action -- The Timothy Board Reacts -- Frustration and a Loss of Hope -- A Last Straw -- Momentum Builds -- Taking It to the Streets -- Reactions Run Rampant -- The Battle Continues -- The Center Fails to Hold -- Synod Washes Its Hands -- The Concerned Citizens -- Starring the Lawsuit -- Brother against Brother -- A Day in Court -- Timothy Today -- The Light in Lawndale -- Conclusion: God's Grace at Work.