![]() Younger sister Lindsay is caught in the middle, and the strain between Rebecca and Daniel mounts as Jessica's rebellion escalates. Rebellious Jessica is resistant to Amish ways and constantly in trouble with the community. Rebecca struggles to give the teenage girls the guidance they need as well as fulfill her duties to Daniel as an Amish wife. Instant motherhood, after years of unsuccessful attempts to conceive a child of her own, is both a joy and a heartache. Rebecca Kauffman's tranquil Old Order Amish life is transformed when she suddenly has custody of her two teenage nieces after her "English" sister and brother-in-law are killed in an automobile accident. Most importantly, you will be encouraged by the hope and faith of these women, and the importance they place on their families. You'll discover how the simplicity of the Amish lifestyle can clash with the "English" way of life-and the decisions and consequences that follow. ![]() ![]() ![]() As each woman's story unfolds, you will share in her heartaches, trials, joys, dreams. ![]() Take a trip to Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, where you'll meet the women of the Kauffman Amish Bakery in Lancaster County. ![]()
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![]() In the heyday of “separate but equal,” what else but pathology could explain black failure in the “land of opportunity”? The idea of black criminality was crucial to the making of modern urban America, as were African Americans’ own ideas about race and crime. Excessive arrest rates and overrepresentation in northern prisons were seen by many whites-liberals and conservatives, northerners and southerners-as indisputable proof of blacks’ inferiority. Following the 1890 census, the first to measure the generation of African Americans born after slavery, crime statistics, new migration and immigration trends, and symbolic references to America as the promised land of opportunity were woven into a cautionary tale about the exceptional threat black people posed to modern urban society. ![]() We know less about the role of the urban North in shaping views of race and crime in American society. Lynch mobs, chain gangs, and popular views of black southern criminals that defined the Jim Crow South are well known. Taubman Center for State and Local Government. ![]() Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy.Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vivid, universal, and emotionally complex, Night Road raises profound questions about motherhood, identity, love, and forgiveness. In the years that follow, each must face the consequences of that single night and find a way to forget…or the courage to forgive. In the blink of an eye, the Farraday family will be torn apart and Lexi will lose everything. One decision will change the course of their lives. On a hot summer's night her worst fears are realized. Nothing feels safe anymore every time Mia and Zach leave the house, she worries about them. ![]() It has always been easy-until senior year of high school tests them all. ![]() Jude does everything to keep her kids on track for college and out of harm's way. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three become inseparable. Lexi, a former foster child with a dark past, quickly becomes Mia's best friend. When Lexi Baill moves into their small, close-knit community, no one is more welcoming than Jude. ![]() ![]() To hold on…to let go…to forget…to forgive.… Which road will you take?įor eighteen years, Jude Farraday has put her children's needs above her own, and it shows-her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers. For a mother, life comes down to a series of choices. ![]() |