"Scripture teaches to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly (Micah 6:8). Joe McGill walks the walk, and his hands-on, day-and-night journey inspires–one dwelling at a time. Few have done more than this determined South Carolinian to heal the scars of enslavement and lead us back–all of us–to the generations of ancestors whose unpaid labor shaped America. I feel lucky to have slept on some hard floors, seeing him stir the embers, share the meal, and invite the conversations that we all need to have."–Peter H. Wood, Duke University historian, author of Black Majority and Strange New Land