and then the, i also profile his father, so it's tommy, jim boag, stanley clayton, the young man from oakland, it's edith roller who worked at duck tail as a secretary, and then there are these two sisters from alabama, high -- high sint -- and they joined in the '50s in end annapolis when jim jones first started people's temple. and he really was at the cutting edge of the civil rights movement there. he was integrating his church, he was integrating lunch counters, he was going around to hospitals and integrating hospitals. but, you know, hyacinth and her sister were really drawn to his message of equality. they saw him on television one sunday. they turned on the television, they saw his integrated choir and this young preacher inviting people of all colors to come to his church. and to them it was a revelation. so they end up in jonestown. so through the book i introduce you to these different people. hopefully, you become emotionally attached to them and you understand a little bet more while it was that people ended up in jonestown. you know, i think one of the hopes i have for

at the other end, there's stanley clayton, african-american young man from oakland who was brought up in a broken home, angry, saw everything kind of in a racial term, and for him, jim jones message about equality and establishing this utopia where there would be no racism or sexism or elitism, i mean, that really fell sweetly on his ears so he was drawn to the jim jones' church. it was not just black or whites, but 70s mix of people who really wanted to do something to improve social justice. another person is tommy vogue sent down to jonestown as a teenager like i was sent down to my reform school as a teenager to straighten me out, and he was sent to jonestown to get straightened out. he was skipping class and stopped going to church, and so he was sent down there to, you know, isolate him from negative peers, and i really bonded with tommy, and one thing people don't realize is that a third of the people who died in the jonestown massacre were minors. that's another view. what's it like to be in a church just because you're parents are members and be in jonestown and have, you kno

stanley clayton, the young man from oakland, edith roller who worked at stackhouse as a secretary. there are these two sisters from alabama, hyacinth french and edwards who joined the church in indianapolis. and they joined in the 60s in indianapolis when jim jones' first started people's temple and he really was at the cutting edge of the civil-rights movement. he was in degrading his church. she was integrating lunch counters and going around to hospitals, administrating hospitals but hyacinth and her sister were drawn to his message of the quality. they saw him on television on sunday. they turned on the television and saw his choir and this young preacher inviting people of all colors to come to his church. for them it was a revelation. so they end up in jonestown. through the book i introduce these different people. hopefully you become emotionally attached to them and understand a little bit more why it was that people ended up in jonestown. i think one of the hopes i have for this book is it changes perceptions about what happened. that the people who went -- bless you. it i

i also provide all his father so tommy and jim, stanley clayton, the young man from oakland, who worked out bechtel as a secretary and then there are these two sisters from alabama who joined jones church back in indianapolis and they joined in the 50's in indianapolis. when jim jones' first started people's temple, and he really was at the cutting edge of the civil rights movement there. he was integrating his church, integrating lunch counters, he was going around to the hospitals, but you know, they were drawn again to the message of equality. they saw him on television one some day they turn on the television and they saw his choir and this young preacher inviting people all colors to come to his church and to that i was a revelation so they ended up in jonestown. so, through the book i introduce you to these different people and hopefully you become emotionally attached to them and understand a little bit more why it was that people in the devin jonestown. you know, one of the hopes i have for this book is it changes perceptions about what happens that the people who -- it is so pe