{"product_id":"my-father-said-yes-dunbar-h-ogden-9780826515926","title":"My Father Said Yes: A White Pastor in Little Rock School Integration","description":"On September 4, 1957, the group of African American high school students who became known as the Little Rock Nine walked up to the front of Central High to enroll in school. They were turned away by the National Guard, who had been called out by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus. \"Blood will run in the streets,\" said Faubus, \"if Negro pupils should attempt to enter Central High School.\" A mob seethed out front. The man who led the Nine up to the lines of the National Guard on that fateful morning was the author's father, a white Presbyterian pastor.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Father Said Yes\u003c\/i\u003e is the untold story of the Reverend Dunbar Ogden, who became the pro-integration leader in Little Rock's white community. He responded to a call for support from Daisy Bates, co-owner of the town's black newspaper. Both faced fierce opposition from within as well as from outside. Reverend Ogden lost his church and Daisy Bates lost her newspaper.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis memoir is also a moving father-son story. In this frank account, the author discusses the depression his father battled for most of his life, as well as the family tragedy of his brother's suicide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dunbar H. Ogden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826515924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826515926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.11h x 7.33w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/2010 pg. 63","brand":"Dunbar H. Ogden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44128571228415,"sku":"9780826515926","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64ce1603-1acb-40dc-a30c-8a6590825c88.jpg?v=1687459344","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-father-said-yes-dunbar-h-ogden-9780826515926","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}