© 2017 by John M. Perkins

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“John Perkins, you are like fine wine. You get better and better with age.”

Jim Wallis, president and CEO of Sojourners; bestselling author of God’s Politics

“I’ve known John Perkins for forty years. He is an icon in racial reconciliation and community development. More personally, John has had a lasting impact on me, helping to shine a healing light on my own latent racism. At a time when the racial divide in the United States is widening into a chasm, I cannot think of a more needed message than this book.”

Philip Yancey, bestselling Christian author/speaker

“John Perkins is the father of the Christian reconciliation movement. He paved the way for those of us who have become leaders of reconciliation from a Christian perspective. His mantle of leadership is being passed on to those who follow him. Few people have demonstrated longevity and integrity in this work. John Perkins is one of those people, and I am honored to call him my father in the work of reconciliation. I highly recommend this book.”

Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, author of Roadmap to Reconciliation

“The light from within Dr. John Perkins shines so brightly that you can’t help but be impacted and changed once you’ve met him and listened to him share stories from his life. The love of Jesus that emanates from him is so real and true; it’s living proof that he has won battles in his own life, overcoming incredible ...

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About Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win

According to recent surveys and studies, race relations in the United States are the worst they've been since the 1990s, and many would argue that life for most minorities has not significantly improved since the civil rights era of the 1960s. For so many, the dream of true equality has dissolved into a reality of prejudice, fear, and violence as a way of life.

John M. Perkins has been there from the beginning. Raised by his sharecropping grandparents, Perkins fled Mississippi in 1947 after his brother was fatally shot by a police officer. He led voter registration efforts in 1964, worked for school desegregation in 1967, and was imprisoned and tortured in 1970. Through it all, he has remained determined to seek justice and reconciliation based in Christ's redemptive work.

"Justice is something that every generation has to strive for," he says. And despite the setbacks of recent years, Perkins finds hope in the young people he has met all across the nation who are hard at work, bringing about reconciliation in God's name and offering acceptance to all. Dream with Me is his look back at a life devoted to seeking justice for all God's people, as well as a look forward to what he sees as a potentially historic breakthrough for people of every race.

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