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  • "Tells the unforgettable story of how Father Brooks, a Jesuit priest, transformed the lives of a remarkable group of men during one of the most fraught racial periods in the history of our country."
  • "In the fall of 1968, the Reverend John Brooks, a Jesuit priest at Holy Cross college in Massachusetts, made it his mission to recruit a group of African American students to the school. He got in his car and drove up and down the East Coast, searching for young men that he felt had the potential to succeed if given an opportunity. Among the twenty students he had a hand in recruiting that fall were the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas; the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward P..."
  • "Business Week writer Diane Brady tells the unforgettable story of how one Jesuit priest, Father John E. Brooks, recruited to Holy Cross College a remarkable group of young black men during the racially tense fall of 1968, including future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the legendary Miami Dolphins running back Eddie Jenkins, the high-powered defense attorney Ted Wells, investment banker and former Deputy Mayor of New York Stan Grayson, and others."

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  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Downloadable audio books"

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