National Press Club Headliners Book Event: John Conyers III

Author John Conyers III will discuss his new book My Father’s House at a Headliners Book Event on September 9 at 6 p.m. In his book, the son of longest-serving African American Congressman John Conyers Jr. shines a spotlight on his father and his political legacy, and reveals how, as his son, he eventually learned to leverage his own voice in a world that his father helped create.

A political, historical, and family story, My Father’s House explores how John James Conyers, Jr., was at once a man of deep and abiding spiritual faith, human talents, and human weaknesses. As he places his father among the U.S.’s greatest lawmakers, John Conyers III also demystifies and grounds the Civil Rights giants of that era, reminding us of their noble yet deeply flawed humanity. The book is also John Conyers III's love letter to his father, the city of Detroit, and a record of his own journey. Conyers reveals a towering figure in modern American political history and an ordinary family man; a leader whose work in Washington necessitated his many absences as a father from a son coming of age in Detroit.

The event will include a moderated discussion with the author and a book signing. Ticket prices are $5 for National Press Club members and $10 for general admission. Books are available for pre-purchase. A limited number of books will be for sale at the event.

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