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| An Evening With... |
 The Houston Public Library invites you, your friends and neighbors to an ongoing author series where you will meet well-known authors from several genres. |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 | 6 PM – 7:30 PM
Pleasantville Neighborhood Library| 1520 Gellhorn, 77029 | 832-393-2330
Join us as we celebrate the 83rd birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. with a special visit from local author Ralph Gipson, who will discuss and sign copies of his memoir, Coming Full Circle.
Coming Full Circle follows Ralph on his tumultuous quest to achieve a life of freedom and love. He discovers firsthand the falseness of the stereotypes he grew up believing when he joins the army, travels abroad, and sees a world without the racial divisions he knows back home. Ralph’s views of himself and his race grow even more complex when his son and daughter are born. Despite his unhappy marriage, he refuses to leave his children and become just another stereotype. Determined to be a role model for his children, he chooses instead to be an outspoken writer and speaker on issues of parenthood in the black community. Coming Full Circle is a call to action for all Americans, of all races, to realize the vision of the civil rights leaders of the 1950s and ‘60s and become the “beloved community” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed of.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ralph Gipson is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California. He has served at several Lutheran churches as a fulltime pastor and a transitional ministry specialist. He currently lives in Houston, Texas, where he is working to start a new church, The Beloved Community.
This event is free and open to the public.