Chance or Circumstance?: A Memoir and Journey through the Struggle for Civil Rights Revised Edition

What motivates a person to risk it all in the name of justice and equality? Mapp tells of the personal trials and adversity that set the course of his extraordinary life. Chance or Circumstance? reveals the courageous determination it took to expose and rectify systemic discrimination and racism in his adopted city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Undeterred by threats to himself and his family, Mapp discloses, from an insider's point of view, the struggle to gain Civil Rights for African Americans during the 1960s and beyond. Uniquely written from an historical and personal perspective, Chance or Circumstance? chronicles the challenges, strategies, and family bonds needed to bring about change.