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Sybil Morial - WITNESS TO CHANGE

Event date: 
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 6:00pm
Event address: 
Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street - New Orleans, LA 70115

Please join us when Sybil Morial returns to Octavia Books for a presentation and signing celebrating the paperback release of her memoir, WITNESS TO CHANGE: From Jim Crow to Political Empowerment.

Sybil Morial’s autobiography traces her childhood in New Orleans, activism during the Civil Rights Movement, and continuing life of service.

From her unique vantage point in New Orleans, Sybil Haydel Morial’s life spans one of the most critical periods in our country’s history. In this remarkable memoir, Morial chronicles her life as both witness to and catalyst for sweeping changes—desegregation, the end of Jim Crow, and the fight for voting rights. These changes transformed the nation during her lifetime. Morial’s story is welcome inspiration for the struggle for political empowerment that continues.

Tyler Bridges - THE RISE AND FALL OF DAVID DUKE

Event date: 
Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 6:00pm
Event address: 
Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street - New Orleans, LA 70115

Brian Kilmeade in Conversation with Ron Drez - ANDREW JACKSON AND THE MIRACLE OF NEW ORLEANS

Event date: 
Sunday, October 28, 2018 - 1:00pm
Event address: 
Jewish Community Center - 5342 St. Charles Avenue - New Orleans, LA 70115

Join Octavia Books for a Sunday afternoon presentation and booksigning with author Brian Kilmeade featuring his book, ANDREW JACKSON AND THE MIRACLE OF NEW ORLEANS: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny - in conversation with local historian and author Ronald Drez.

Octavia Books is presenting this program at the Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Avenue, Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 1:00PM. (Doors open at 12:30PM. The program will start promptly at 1:00PM. Please arrive early.

You must purchase a ticket here from Octavia Books to attend.

Folwell Dunbar - HE FALLS WELL: A Memoir of Survival (book launch)

Event date: 
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 6:00pm
Event address: 
Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street - New Olreans, LA 70115

Please join us for a presentation, reading, and booksigning with Folwell Dunbar celebrating the launch of HE FALLS WELL: A Memoir of Survival.

We claim Folwell Dunbar in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans as our latest great muse. His writing is part Twain with a dash of Thoreau and pinch of Welty — in her more humorous moments. These vignettes are suffused with cynicism, laughter, and flying roaches, among other things, and speak to the glorious lives we lead in this great City.”
—David Rae Morris, Photographer/Filmmaker

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