The Cotton Patch Evidence

This is a book for our time (the 2020s) when racism is in the headlines almost every day. Well-written by Dallas Lee, the setting is a farm where a group of Christians (primarily Baptists) formed a community in the 1940s, with the intention of "living like the apostles". This meant welcoming black members. Through the years, the farm attracted many people wanting to follow the teachings of Jesus, but also attracted the Ku Klux Klan in abusive ways. The book's descriptions of the Klan's bombings and brutality in dealing with members of the community are shocking indeed.