The Forever Fight

By James Kilby

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805941703
• ISBN13: 9780805941708
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Dorrance Pub Co
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

An opportunity well-seized

James M. Kilby, in his book "The Forever Fight", gives an honest, emotional account of his life, a life where he has tried to make a difference for people of all races. Kilby tells the story of integrating Warren County High School in Front Royal, Virginia, in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education and the Little Rock integration. But while he was placed in the painful situation of facing anger from all sides as a teenager, Kilby's main point is that racism didn't end when school segregation ends. He describes instances throughout his life where he saw injustice, and tried to fight for the wronged party where he could. In a way, he is almost a reverse Forrest Gump figure. Because of his dad's courage, he finds himself in the middle of the school integration fight. Then later on, he is working at the White House during Watergate, and perhaps was used to deliver slush money to Nixon aides. And later, he happened to strike a chord not only among people who had a similar yearning for fairness, but even received a return letter from South African President Botha while the Apartheid government was still in power.This book is a good read, not just for history, but because you get a good look at raw emotions stirred from life experiences. He shows brutal honesty not only about people that have done him wrong, but about family members who he deeply loves and respects.