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DCL NewsletterSeptember 2014
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Durham Reads Together strengthens the community through a biennial celebration of reading. Reading the same book, and attending programs around its theme, inspires the Durham community to discuss important issues, including race, family, identity, faith, education, culture, music and visual art.
This year, we will be celebrating the book March: Book One, Congressman John Lewis' autobiographical graphic novel that spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and the organization's battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins, building to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall.
Congressman Lewis will join us for the Durham Reads Together kickoff weekend, October 4 - 5. Plan to attend one of these special events listed below!
More details and a complete listing of events can be found on the Durham Reads Together website.
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Durham Marches Together Saturday, October 4, 9:00 a.m. Main Library Join us for a unity march that celebrates Durhams history and progress on civil rights. We will march from the Main Library to the new civil rights mural, which is located beside the Durham Arts Council. A short rally will welcome Congressman John Lewis and his co-author Andrew Aydin and kick off Durham Reads Together. The mural depicts scenes of Durham's involvement in the civil rights movement.
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Durham Reads Together Kickoff: March: Book One Saturday, October 4, 2:30 p.m.B.N. Duke Auditorium, North Carolina Central UniversityJoin Congressman John Lewis and co-author Andrew Aydin for a reading and discussion of Lewis' graphic memoir, March: Book One. March is a vivid first-hand account of Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, a contemporary meditation on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader Civil Rights Movement. March: Book One was the winner of a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and is a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. It is a Reader's Digest Graphic Novel that Every Grown-Up Should Read. It was a New York Times and Washington Post bestseller and an American Library Association Notable Book. A book signing will follow the reading. This event is free and open to the public.
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Dessert Reception with Congressman John Lewis Saturday, October 4, 7:30 p.m. Hill House, 900 S. Duke St. A Fundraiser presented by Durham Library FoundationJoin Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin for a dessert reception at Hill House. Meet Congressman Lewis in one of the most historic homes in Durham, John Sprunt Hill’s elegant mansion. Durham Library Foundation is in the midst of a $1.5 million dollar campaign for the library. The campaign will help to purchase a new bookmobile, enhance humanities programming and expand the local history archives. Sponsored by North Carolina Mutual Insurance Agency and Mechanics and Farmers Bank. $75.00 per ticket.ORDER TICKETS ONLINE
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Durham Remembers Together Sunday, October 5, 3:00 pm Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St.Join Congressman John Lewis and Frank Stasio, host of WUNC's The State of Things, for a discussion on the March on Washington and the Civil Rights Movement, past and present. Those who attended the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom will be recognized at the program. This event is co-sponsored by the Hayti Heritage Center. A book signing will follow the event.
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March: Book One
by John Lewis
A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement
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Durham Reads Together Newsletter
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Throughout Durham Reads Together, stay up-to-date on upcoming events, suggested reading and more by subscribing to the Durham Reads Together E-Newsletter. Each week during October you will receive one newsletter packed with resources.
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Durham County Library
300 N. Roxboro Street
Durham, North Carolina 27701
919-560-0100
durhamcountylibrary.org
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