Representative john lewis was remembered at a Memorial Service at his hometown in troy, alabama. He died recently at the age of 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The chancellor of Troy University and the mayor lead off the service. Good morning. On behalf of our board of trustees, several of our trustees are here with us this morning. I want to welcome you to this special occasion, in particular the welcome is extended to family and we certainly extend our condolences to the family and our appreciation to what the congressman has met not only to the state in this country but to the world around us. Behalfome is extended on of the party as well. I would be remiss this morning say thank you to those who have brought us all together at this time. Mr. Higgins has been a voice for Racial Justice and on our board two decades at least, and has been a shining example of what all of us should strive to be. I would like to thank mr. Higgins for his influence. In the book of ecclesiastes,
Weekend. Representative john lewis was remembered at a Memorial Service in his hometown of troy, alabama. His brothers and sisters were among those speaking at the service. Representedho georgias fifth Congressional District for more than 30 years, died recently at the age of 80, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The chancellor of Tory University and the citys mayor at leadoff the service. Good morning. The chancellor of troy university. On behalf of our board of trustees, several of our trustees are here this morning, i want to welcome you to this very special occasion. In particular that welcome is. Xtended family we certainly extend our condolences to the family and our appreciation for the family and what congressman lewis have meant not only for the state and country but to the world around us. And i welcome his on behalf of the party as well. I would be remiss this morning if i did not call attention to the efforts of one of our trustees, mr. Lamar higgins, in bringing all o
Forhiggins has been a voice Racial Justice and on our board two decades at least, and has been a shining example of what all of us should strive to be. I would like to thank mr. Higgins for his influence. Ecclesiastes, it is written that to everything, there is a season and a time to every purpose. Today truly is a time home the native son of this county. We are very proud that dr. Put thatther king label on congressman lewis so many years ago. We are very proud of the identity it affords. I cannot begin to tell you how many messages and calls i have had, not only from the country but around the world the last few days as people have learned that john lewis was indeed from troy, alabama. We are proud of that fact. We are also proud that angressman lewis shared special philosophy with some of the great icons, such as miss rosa parks and dr. Martin luther king in terms of change, the need for change and the need for nonviolent change. As i reflected on their philosophy over the years, it
And a ass sunday on q we look join us as we look back to our conversation with john lewis. John lewis wasve remembered at a Memorial Service in his hometown of troy, alabama. His brothers and sisters were among those speaking at the service. Lewis died recently at the age of 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The chancellor of Troy University and the citys mayor lead off the service. Good morning. The chancellor of Troy University. On behalf of our board of trustees, several of our trustees are here this morning, i want to welcome you to this very special occasion. In particular that welcome is. Xtended family we certainly extend our condolences to the family and our appreciation for the family and what congressman lewis have meant not only for the state and country but to the world around us. And i welcome his on behalf of the party as well. I would be remiss this morning if i did not call attention to the efforts of one of our trustees, mr. Lamar higgins, in bringing all of us
Route and that will polarize and poison the political atmosphere even more than it is now which is bad enough. To watch the rest of this program and find other episodes, visit our website , booktv. Org and click on the after words near the top of the page. Assistant director of an organization dedicated to unleashing the impact of libraries. We dont have a power point today because we divide this as a guided conversation. I want to be sure we make the most of our time today. I will have each of our experts introduce themselves and i am looking forward to what our panelists have to say and i hope you are too. Be sure to visit the resources page and we will put that link in the chat for everyone. In true librarian fashion we will have everybody introduce themselves in alphabetical order by first name. Go ahead and get us started. That is a curveball, first name. Im jennifer pearson, director of the Marshall County Memorial Library have between there and alabama. Ive been here about 5 and