Betty Bobo Pearson (b. 1922), a seventh-generation, plantation-born Mississippian, defied her cultural heritage-and caused great personal pain for her parents and herself-when she became an activist in the civil rights movement. Never fearing to break the mold in her search for the 'best,' in her nineties she remains a strong, effective leader with a fun-loving, generous spirit. When Betty was eighteen months old, a train smashed into the car her mother was driving, killing Betty's beloved grand