Our next read is You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix. The book takes the reader behind the scenes as Kix tells the story of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s pivotal 10 week campaign in 1963 to end segregation in Birmingham, its specific history and its echoes sounding throughout our culture now. Available on Amazon and at the library. You need not have read the book to join the discussion on this important topic. More info from Laura Chapman.