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Narrated by: Dion Graham, Karen Chilton

Unabridged — 6 hours, 47 minutes

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A uniquely vivid memoir combining a powerful narrative with eye-popping art, tracing the arc of a life that stretches from Jim Crow Georgia to Atlanta’s High Museum of Art. Winfred Rembert’s telling of his long journey through poverty, prison, and a near-miss death at the hands of a mob, finding his way through love to truthful witness is raw, exultant and riveting. The presence of a bracing spirit resonates on every page. If you love deep storytelling, history and great art, do not miss out!

Winfred Rembert grew up in a family of Georgia field laborers and joined the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager.

He was arrested after fleeing a demonstration, later survived a near-lynching at the hands of law enforcement, and spent the next seven years on chain gangs. During that time he met the undaunted Patsy, who would become his wife. Years later, at the age of fifty-one and with Patsy's encouragement, he started drawing and painting scenes from his youth using leather-tooling skills ...