A Binding Truth

Reckoning with a Painful Legacy of Enslavement

Jimmie Kirkpatrick reflects on the difficult truth of his family’s history of enslavement and the personal journey of reckoning that has followed.

Reckoning with a Painful Legacy of Enslavement

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    A Binding Truth

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    Two high school classmates from 1965—Jimmie, a Black football star, and De, a white student who respected him from afar—reunite 50 years later after a discovery linking their families changes their lives forever. This personal yet profoundly American story reveals the legacy of slavery, the complexities of race and privilege, and the power of truth in their journey toward healing.

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