The Wilmington Ten

“Janken re-creates in meticulous detail a trial that became a cause célèbre in the 1970s…Younger readers may be most surprised by the blatant racism expressed by some of the court officials…The subject matter is fascinating, and it’s illustrative of how far Americans still have to go in bridging our society’s divisions.”

“Janken’s highly recommended history of student racial protest provides a historical perspective on the current struggle for diversity within academia and the black lives matter movement”

“A new look at the injustice visited on a group of African American high school students engaged in the battle for desegregation in the public schools…A passionate, intensely engaging portrait of the group’s initial mission, as well as the terrible personal lifelong toll the struggle took.”

“Janken’s account of racial injustice in North Carolina proves even more enlightening through Ron Butler’s powerful narration…With a deep voice and deliberate tone, Butler guides listeners through the events and differing points of view…His emotional distance allows listeners to focus on the substance of the firsthand accounts.”

“Janken provides us unique insights into one of the many violent battles in America’s misrepresented racial war of the 1960s and 1970s—a war that has quieted but not ended.”

“A riveting and important study of injustice in the modern South…This is an unflinching work of history that makes a tremendously important contribution.”

“Janken provides the reader with a riveting, important account of a sorely understudied episode in the black freedom movement of the early to mid 1970s. The Wilmington Ten is likely to become a transformative work in the area of black freedom studies.”