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Date(s) - 05/01//2013 - 05/15//2013
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Live to Read, an annual city-wide reading initiative, focuses this year on the Civil Rights movement, and features read-a-thons, family activities, panel discussions, and celebrations. Thousands of books distributed for free to DC public school students. Featured books for 2013: The Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (recommended for students in grades 5 and 6), and Bombingham by Anthony Grooms (recommended for 11th graders and adults). Sponsored by the Humanities Council of Washington.