Rep. John Lewis Speech Tickets Available Aug. 5

Tickets will be available Aug. 5 for U.S. Rep. John Lewis's Decatur Book Festival keynote address at Emory University.

Lewis will speak at 8 p.m. Aug. 30 at Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts.

Tickets can be obtained at select independent book stores in the area and the Arts at Emory box office. This is a free, but ticketed event.

The book festival website says, "Lewis will discuss his recently released graphic novel, March: Book One, the first in a trilogy that aims to engage the next generation of readers to keep the lessons of the civil rights movement alive. The timing is perfect, as the AJC DBF begins just two days after the 50th anniversary celebration of the historic 1963 March on Washington."

Last year's keynote speaker was Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate and director of Emory’s creative writing program.