Table Of Contents - Buy At Amazon - About John Blake - Email John Blake         New! -- "Children of the Movement," was selected as a semi-finalist in the Robert Kennedy Book Award. New! -- Children of the Movement" was selected as a semi-finalist in the History Division for the 2005 Independent Publishers Book Award (IPPY Awards) and received an honorable mention. -- "Children of the Movement" was recently nominated as a finalist in the Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction category in the NAACP's 36th annual Image Awards. Other nominees include Archbishop Demond Tutu and Maya Angelou. -- John Blake, author of "Children of the Movement," was also nominated as a finalist in the History Division for the 41st Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards.   Read a review by Christina Breen Bolling of the Charlotte Observor Read a review by Ron Wynn of the Nashville City Paper Read a review by Thurman Boykin of the In The Shadow of Pultizers Read what Pulitzer Prize winning author, David Garrow, has to say about "Children of the Movement" Most Americans think of the civil rights movement in the past tense. But the drama of that era is still unfolding in the lives of a group of people seldom mentioned in history books: the children of the movement's leading figures, from its heroes, martyrs and its segregationist leaders. This book contains 23 profiles of the children of the most recongnizable names in the movement, along with recollections from the parents.   For review copies and publicity, please email Sara Hoerdeman with Lawrence Hill Books. Appearance Schedule June 13th 4:00 PM The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute Reading/signing Free and open to the public. Selma, AL June 20th 2:30 PM Civil Rights Room in the Nashville Public Library Nashville, TN June 22nd 8:00 AM TV Interview with Good Day Atlanta, FOX Atlanta, GA June 23rd 7:30 PM Georgia Center for the Book at the Dekalb County Public Library Decatur, GA June 26th 6:00 PM Oakhurst Presbyterian Church Atlanta, GA July 3rd 2:00 PM Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site Atlanta, GA July 11th 3:00 PM Civil Rights Museum Memphis, TN July 17th 2:00 PM Borders Bookstore Stonecrest Mall Book Signing and Reading Atlanta, GA July 24th 11:00 AM Lemuria Books Jackson, MS July 24th 5:00 PM Square Books Book Signing and Reading Oxford, MS July 31st 2:00 PM The Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore Book signing and reading Atlanta, GA August 7th 1:00 PM Park Road Books Book signing and reading Charlotte, NC August 21st 1:00 PM Barnes & Noble at the Summit Book signing Birmingham, AL August 28th 2:00 PM Barnes & Noble at the Inner-Harbor bookstore Book signing and reading Baltimore, MD August 30th 3:00 PM Howard University Book Store Washington, D.C. August 31st 6:30 PM Karibu Bookstore in Prince Georges Plaza Hyattsville, MD September 10th 6:00 PM Hue-Man Bookstore and Cafe in Harlem New York, NY September 17th 4:30 PM Harriet Tubman African-American Museum Book signing and reading Macon, GA September 18th 4:00 PM Barnes & Noble Bookstore Book signing and reading Alpharetta, GA October 9th 12:00 PM Oakhurst Arts Festival Decatur, GA