


During that time he met the undaunted Patsy, who would become his wife. He was arrested after fleeing a demonstration, survived a near-lynching at the hands of law enforcement, and spent seven years on chain gangs.

Winfred Rembert grew up in a family of Georgia field laborers and joined the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager. “A compelling and important history that this nation desperately needs to hear.” -Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Just Mercy and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative
