Take My Hand is an emotion story not only of the fight for civil rights, buy the right for people to be allowed to just live. Based on true historical events, the author does a fantastic job of bringing the issues to the front while giving the reader a very personal experience of the events. I fell in love with all the characters from the first I met them, and they grow and develop through the story - for good and bad - and become like friends to the reader. 

I believe books like this are incredibly important to read (when you are emotionally able to) to remember how things used to be and see how much more road we still have to travel to ensure equal rights and privileges.