Wednesday, March 17, 2004
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Wednesday, March 17, 2004 |
| Lewis, Hatchett head up big Saturday at Barnes and Noble By LINDSAY BIANCHI Barnes and Noble in Fayetteville continues to solidify its place in the community, and this weekend is no exception. The mega-bookstore has been a center for many fundraising events since they opened their doors to the public in 2000. Local schools and local authors have all been featured between the aisles and have taken the floor to enlighten and entertain the crowd of browsers that frequent the store. On Saturday, two more semi-local folks will speak and sign copies of their books. Congressman John Lewis and Judge Glenda Hatchett will share their wisdom and experience beginning at 10 a.m. Congressman Lewis, who has been called "One of the most courageous persons the Civil Rights Movement ever produced," is the author of “Walking With The Wind: A Memoir of the Movement,” a first-hand account of the African-American struggle for freedom in the early 50s and 60s Encompassing the infamous “Bloody Sunday” march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, Lewis’ book recalls the efforts of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, SNCC, of which he was chairman and helped create. Lewis is the recipient of the John F. Kennedy “Profile in Courage Award” for lifetime achievement and the National Education Association Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award. Judge Glenda Hatchett’s book, “Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say! 7 Simple Strategies to Help Our Children Along the Path to Purpose and Possibility” is the result of her years as judge of the Fulton County, Georgia Juvenile Court and as a caring, informed parent. “We live in times of tremendous uncertainty,” Hatchett says. "Our children are constantly assaulted by all kinds of negative impulses and images that can pull them from the right road. If we expect our children to do right, we've got to do right by them." In addition to her work behind the bench, Hatchett helped found the Truant Intervention Project and has worked with the The Urban League and the Boys and Girls Clubs. Recipient of the NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall Award and the Roscoe Pound Award for Outstanding Work in Criminal Justice for the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Hatchett is also Georgia’s first African-American chief presiding judge of a state court. On top of her other accomplishments, readers may be familiar with her courtroom television program, “Judge Hatchett.” Chante Whitley-Head, Promotional Director of the Fayetteville Barnes and Noble, secured these two shining examples of citizenship for an exciting literary event. “It’s going to be a great experience. We’ve been planning this for some time.” Whitley-Head said. A book signing that covers the range of subject matter which Lewis and Hatchett share is a rare opportunity for anyone in the Fayette County area to meet a man and a woman who have lived through history and made history. The event is also co-sponsored by the NAACP. Lewis is set to speak at 10 a.m. and Hatchett will speak at 11 a.m in the Barnes and Noble Cafe. In between speeches, they will sign copies of their books in front of the store.
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