Comments on: It’s Literally Wednesday: Get Ready for the AJC Decatur Book Festival!

By: SteveC

SteveC — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:04:14 +0000

Met Congressman Lewis once one night when I was working late at the Equitable Bldg downtown where he had a office. Held the door for someone lugging a big box of papers and didn’t realize it was him until he passed by. Said hello to him and asked it that was ‘homework’. He laughed and said it was; seemed like a really nice man. And he wasn’t even frowning!

By: So Many Books...So Little Time

So Many Books...So Little Time — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:37:03 +0000

Or maybe he got a flat tire on the way to the photo shoot.

I agree with AHID. I think “earnest” is a better description of his expression.

By: smalltowngal

smalltowngal — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:13:41 +0000

Maybe he was thinking about the time Alabama State Troopers in Selma beat him with nightsticks and fractured his skull, or the time a mob in Montgomery hit him in the head with a wooden crate and left him unconscious on the ground, or the day in South Carolina when he was punched in the face and kicked in the ribs for daring to enter a whites-only waiting room, or the 40 days he spent in the Mississippi State Pen after being arrested for participating in the Freedom Ride, or one of the many other times he and others were viciously assaulted while engaging in non-violent protest activities. Maybe he was thinking that even having come so far at such great cost, we still have far to go to ensure freedom and quality for all Americans.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:53:27 +0000

That doesn’t look like anger to me but earnestness. You know, you get to a certain age and what’s frown lines in a 30 year old are permanent features you can’t ditch.

By: Davo

Davo — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:28:54 +0000

Nothing says ‘come to the book festival’ more than a picture of an angry John Lewis.