Personal Verdict

College Freshman Jeff Martindales Life Begins Changing Almost The Instant He Meets Rev. Isiah Booker A Former Temple University Halfback Now Active In The Nascent Civil Rights Movement. Jeff Is From A Nearly All-White Small Northern Michigan Town. Isiahs A Philadelphian 12 Years Older And Black. Their Chance Meeting At A Casual Party On The University Of Michigan Campus Grows From A Mutual Interest In Fly-Fishing To Full-Fledged Friendship Blended With A Mentoring Relationship That Gradually Awakens Jeff To The Staggering Cruelties Of The Segregated South Nearly 100 Years After The Civil War. Jeff And Girlfriend Susan Adams Volunteer For Paper-Shuffling Duties At The Ann Arbor Naacp But Grow Increasingly Frustrated With Minimal National Civil Rights Progress Even After Theyre Jailed For Joining Two Tennessee Sit-Ins. When Unspeakable Violence Strikes Jeff Shockingly Risks His Life His Future And Susans Love To Pursue What Only He Views As A Morally Greater Cause.