At 14, Richard (Ricky) Abercrombie was besieged by prejudice because of his multi-racial background and angered by unsatisfactory answers to his heartfelt questions about religious truth.
What happened next - an invitation to a birthday party at the home of a Bah \' family - changed his.
His parents were worried and his future looked bleak.
Ricky began carrying a gun, skipping school, and numbing his painful emotions with alcohol.
The time was 1960, and the place was Greenville, South Carolina.
At 14, Richard (Ricky) Abercrombie was besieged by prejudice because of his multi-racial background and angered by unsatisfactory answers to his heartfelt questions about religious truth