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    Fraternity: In 1968, a Visionary Priest Recruited 20 Black Men to the College of the Holy Cross and Changed Their Lives and the Course of History.
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    Fraternity: In 1968, a Visionary Priest Recruited 20 Black Men to the College of the Holy Cross and Changed Their Lives and the Course of History.
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    Fraternity: In 1968, a Visionary Priest Recruited 20 Black Men to the College of the Holy Cross and Changed Their Lives and the Course of History.
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    Fraternity: In 1968, a Visionary Priest Recruited 20 Black Men to the College of the Holy Cross and Changed Their Lives and the Course of History.

    Written by Diane Brady

    Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

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    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
    San Francisco Chronicle • The Plain Dealer

    The inspiring true story of a group of young men whose lives were changed by a visionary mentor

    On April 4, 1968, the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., shocked the nation. Later that month, the Reverend John Brooks, a professor of theology at the College of the Holy Cross who shared Dr. King's dream of an integrated society, drove up and down the East Coast searching for African American high school students to recruit to the school, young men he felt had the potential to succeed if given an opportunity. Among the twenty students he had a hand in recruiting that year were Clarence Thomas, the future Supreme Court justice; Edward P. Jones, who would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize for literature; and Theodore Wells, who would become one of the nation's most successful defense attorneys. Many of the others went on to become stars in their fields as well.

    In Fraternity, Diane Brady follows five of the men through their college years. Not only did the future president of Holy Cross convince the young men to attend the school, he also obtained full scholarships to support them, and then mentored, defended, coached, and befriended them through an often challenging four years of college, pushing them to reach for goals that would sustain them as adults.

    Would these young men have become the leaders they are today without Father Brooks's involvement? Fraternity is a triumphant testament to the power of education and mentorship, and a compelling argument for the difference one person can make in the lives of others.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 3, 2012
    ISBN9780307712196
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    Fraternity: In 1968, a Visionary Priest Recruited 20 Black Men to the College of the Holy Cross and Changed Their Lives and the Course of History.

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      The Reverend John Brooks was breaking ground in 1968 when he recruited young black men for College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, a most unlikely spot for racial progressiveness. This book tells of his efforts, of the lives of the young men who were recruited, and the effect of the college experience on their lives.Some of the men I had heard of – who has not heard of Clarence Thomas? Some were unknown to me. All had challenges and inner turmoil to face, and some met those challenges better than others. While Holy Cross may not have had as much overt racism as, say, Selma, Alabama, or Memphis, Tennessee did at that time, it was still very much there and very hateful.What was especially interesting to me was the fight against general segregation while fighting for the right to have segregation in living quarters, the pros and cons of affirmative action, the peace that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. practiced versus the violence of newer, younger movements, the inherent dichotomies of the time. Seeing how the young men changed in the course of a few years was also quite interesting.I would have liked to have known more about John Brooks. I am somewhat surprised that the story was told in such a straightforward manner; I expected it to have a little more “heart.” Clarence Thomas was most interesting to me because he is the person I'm most familiar with. (I think I would have liked him more when he was a college student than I do now, but that is beside the point.) I liked knowing about the families of these men, and would have liked to know more. Overall, this is a book well worth reading, not only for learning about the men in the story but also about the mood and trials of the times.