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Five years ago today, the Dougherty and McQuary families lost Nancy Elizabeth McQuary Dougherty (left in photo) to leukemia after a struggle of two-plus years. She fought it hard. We miss her every day. (Thanks to her good friend Jaquita for the picture from the late 1980s.)

What a wonderful world ...

U.S. Rep. John Lewis' return to the news has brought this speech back to the surface. Considering Lewis' origins, it is likely to touch anyone who loves books.

John Lewis: 'Read my child, read!', National Book Awards - 2016 16 November 2016, New York City, New York, USA Thank you, thank you. This is unreal. This is unbelievable … some of you know I grew up in rural Alabama, very poor, very few books in our home. I remember in 1956, when I was 16 years old, with some of my brothers and sisters and cousins, going down to...