Lillian Smith Book Awards Readings
Mr. Manis won for A Fire You Can’t Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham’s Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, published by the University of Alabama Press.
Mr. Honey won for Black Workers Remember: An Oral History of Segregation, Unionism. and the Freedom Struggle, published by University of California Press.
Mr. Powell won for Troubled Memory: Anne Levy, the Holocaust and David Duke’s Louisiana, published by University of North Carolina Press. The book is about Anne Skorecki Levy, a Polish Holocaust survivor who confronted David Duke. It also relates the story of the Skorecki family in the Holocaust.
Mr. Manis and Mr. Powell talked about and read from their works and answered questions from the audience. Ms. Brooks gave a synopsis of Mr. … read more
Mr. Manis and Mr. Powell talked about and read from their works and answered questions from the audience. Ms. Brooks gave a synopsis of Mr. Honey’s book and read excerpts from his book and from his letter of acceptance for this award. The award is given to fiction or non-fiction works on Southern racial and social issues.
Mr. Manis won for A Fire You Can’t Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham’s Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, published by the University of Alabama Press.
Mr. Honey won for Black Workers Remember: An Oral History of Segregation, Unionism. and the Freedom Struggle, published by University of California Press.
Mr. Powell won for Troubled Memory: Anne Levy, the Holocaust and David Duke’s Louisiana, published by University of North Carolina Press. The book is about Anne Skorecki Levy, a Polish Holocaust survivor who confronted David Duke. It also relates the story of the Skorecki family in the Holocaust. close
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