
Called to the Fire
This is the true story of Dr. Charles Johnson, an African American
preacher who went to Mississippi in 1961 during the summer of the
Freedom Rides. Fresh out of Bible School Johnson hesitantly followed his
call to pastor in Mississippi, a hotbed for race relations during the
early 1960’s. Unwittingly thrust into the heart of a national tragedy,
the murder of three Civil Rights activists, he overcame fe...
This is the true story of Dr. Charles Johnson, an African American
preacher who went to Mississippi in 1961 during the summer of the
Freedom Rides. Fresh out of Bible School Johnson hesitantly followed his
call to pastor in Mississippi, a hotbed for race relations during the
early 1960’s. Unwittingly thrust into the heart of a national tragedy,
the murder of three Civil Rights activists, he overcame fe...