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HMH Books & Media to Publish Obama Longtime Chief Speechwriter Cody Keenan s Grace
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Grace: A President, His Speechwriter, and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Keenan, President Barack Obama s longtime chief speechwriter.
Grace author Cody Keenan on Air Force One making some final edits to President Obama s Farewell Address, Jan. 10, 2017. Photo credit: Pete Souza
Grace tells the story of ten astonishing days in America in June 2015, when President Obama and Keenan together composed critical speeches to meet a whirlwind of dramatic moments too implausible for a full season of The West Wing : the horrific Charleston church massacre, where nine Black churchgoers were murdered by a white supremacist, a public debate over the Confederate flag, and two long-awaited Supreme Court decisions: one that would decide the fate of health care for millions, and one that would determine the right to marriage equality for milli
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Andrew Aydin, the creator and co-author of the graphic novel memoir series MARCH, spoke to Georgia Highlands College (GHC) students on Tuesday, Jan. 12, during a virtual event. The National Book Award winning story focuses on the real-life experiences of late U.S Congressman John Lewis.
Aydin s trilogy showcases the civil rights movement and is told from the perspective of Lewis. The congressman is best known for his chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and for leading the march that was halted by police violence on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in 1965, a landmark event in the history of the civil rights movement that became known as Bloody Sunday.