In a small Georgia town where racial tensions run high and lives are at stake, can one lawyer stand up for justice against the tide of prejudice on every side?
Adisa Johnson, a young African-American attorney, is living her dream of practicing law with a prestigious firm in downtown Atlanta. Then a split-second mistake changes the course of her career.
Left with no other options, Adisa returns to her hometown where a few days earlier a white police officer shot an unarmed black teen who is now lying comatose in the hospital.
Adisa is itching to jump into the fight as a special prosecutor, but feels pulled to do what she considers unthinkable—defend the officer.
As the court case unfolds, everyone in the small community must confront their own prejudices. Caught in the middle, Adisa also tries to chart her way along a path complicated by her budding relationship with a charismatic young preacher who leads the local movement demanding the police officer answer for his crime.
This highly relevant and gripping novel challenges us to ask what it means to forgive while seeking justice and to pursue reconciliation while loving others as ourselves.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: A Time to Stand
Book Author: Robert Whitlow
What do you like about this book:
"Ecclesiastes states that there's a time for everything under the sun . . . . It's a time stand! To look past differences the Lord created and come together in the unity of God's Spirit"!
The small town of Campbellton, Georgia is reeling from the news that a young unarmed black teen was gunned down by a white police officer. The officer insists that he fired in self-defense, but the victim remains unresponsive in a coma.
Through no fault of her own, Adisa Johnson, a young aspiring African-American attorney, has moved back to her home town of Campbellton, after her brief employment in a prestigious Atlanta law firm was terminated. While becoming reacquainted with a well respected local attorney is promising for her career, there is a troubling "string" attached; he requires her assistance in representing Officer Luke Nelson.
When racial divides become increasingly clear in the case, and Alisa's attraction to the charismatic black pastor leading the charge for indictment become public, the line between truth and justice for all becomes terribly muddled.
From cover to cover, Whitlow has carefully wrapped and unwrapped a potentially explosive social issue with skillful legal finesse and abundant grace. "Time to Stand" is a story that matters.
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