Follow the story of AC Johnson, born in a overseer’s cabin in Como, Mississippi in the 1940’s. “It were just Momma, Grandma and we chil’rens pickin’ the cotton, cause Daddy had to run for his life.”

Prepare for this true story of a man born and raised in the Deep South during the Jim Crow era, and the courage that got him through. How could a black family faced with little food, scarce medical care, and no men survive as sharecroppers? You will need the whole box of tissues as you read AC’s journey from meager beginnings in Mississippi to the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, with Dr. Martin Luther King.

A truth more compelling than fiction, as told by AC Johnson.

For YA and adult audiences

Recorded, transcribed, and edited with historical details by Dayna Ault