How a Black woman from Texas became the most prominent civil rights activist in Minnesota, detailing seven remarkable decades of fighting for fairness in voting, housing, education, and employment.

A memoir about shouldering the cause of social justice during the darkest hours and brightest moments for civil rights in America - and, specifically, in Minnesota - Hope in the Struggle shines light on the difference one person can make. For Josie Johnson, this has meant making a difference as a Black woman in one of the nation’s whitest states.