The People on Second Street

by Jenny Moore

In 1949 Jenny Moore, her husband Father Paul Moore, Father Kim Myers and Bob Pegram started their work at Grace Church in Jersey City, New Jersey. This quartet envisioned the Episcopal Church as an agent of social change, protesting inner city housing conditions and racial discrimination. Jenny Moore's 1968 memoir of the nine years her family spent in Jersey City is an unsentimental and moving reflection of the contradictions of love, privilege, and commitment.

218 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[Carrie F. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely book about a white, Episcopalian family that went to live in a difficult neighborhood in Jersey City. For eight years, they and their growing family lived among the poor,the hungry, the rejected and the exploited. This was in 1949, before it was commun to do so. Did their presence there solve problems and make changes. Perhaps not so much; it was their presence there that God worked through. I couldn't find this book in the library so I bought a copy. If anyone would like to read this book, I'll send it to you.