Judge Atkins wrote her book in four months after a lifetime of hearing that her story sounded like a made-for-TV movie.

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Watch Judge Atkins deliver the commencement address at her alma mater, Saginaw Valley State University in May, 2018.

See Judge Atkins Interviewed in this close-to-home Special Report: The Forgotten Paradise: Idlewild was once a booming escape from racism for African Americans.