Shaking the Gates of Hell
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Riverchase United Methodist Church 1953 Old Montgomery Hwy, Birmingham, Alabama 35244
OLLI of UA presents a free Program entitled "Shaking the Gates of Hell" by John Archibald. John Archibald, Pulitzer Prize winning Alabama
journalist, will discuss his new book, Shaking the Gates of Hell on Monday, August 9th, at Riverchase United Methodist Church, 1953 Old Montgomery Highway, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. In the words of the publisher, growing up in the American South of the 1960s,
as an all-American white boy, son of a long line of Methodist preachers, in the midst of the civil rights
revolution, and discovering the culpability of silence within the church which led to the writing of this book.
He will talk about his book, describing coming to grips with the civil rights of his youth in Birmingham
and share his year away as a Neiman Foundation Fellow at Harvard, with a sprinkling of observations
about Alabama politics. John is a columnist for the Alabama Media Group. His columns appear in The
Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times, the Mobile Press Register, AL.com and its social brand, Reckon.
Shaking the Gates of Hell, published by Knopf, is about his family, civil rights in the South, and the church’s
role in a conspiracy of silence. Shaking the Gates of Hell
Presented by:
John Archibald, author
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
OLLI PRESENTS
Monday, August 9th
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Doors Open at Noon
Riverchase United Methodist Church,
1953 Old Montgomery Highway
» The program is free and open to the public.
» Questions from the audience will follow.
» Most importantly, he will give his brutally honest
view of both Alabama and American politics.