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  1. www.amazon.ca › Dont-Hold-Me-Back-Life › dpDon't Hold Me Back: My Life and Art Hardcover - Amazon.ca

    Sep 28, 2003 · In finding and developing his God given gift of working with leather as his canvas, Winfred Rembert's life and his art reflect the resilience of the human spirit and what it means to overcome adversity.

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    Sep 18, 2003 · Winfred Rembert grew up in the 1950s in rural Georgia as the child of sharecroppers whose lives were little better than slavery. As a young man, he was nearly lynched, and served seven years in jail and on a chain gang. Yet he constantly found ways to create, to invent, to uplift. As a child, he made toys from pieces of junk at the town dump.

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    Oct 10, 2003 · Hardcover – October 10, 2003. Winfred Rembert grew up in the 1950s in rural Georgia as the child of sharecroppers whose lives were little better than slavery. As a young man, he was nearly lynched, and served seven years in jail and on a chain gang.

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    Through words and paintings, an artist tells about growing up on a cotton plantation in Cuthbert, Georgia, serving time in prison for his actions during a civil rights demonstration, and finding a purpose and direction in life

  5. www.kirkusreviews.com › dont-hold-me-backDON’T HOLD ME BACK | Kirkus Reviews

    Nov 1, 2003 · DON’T HOLD ME BACK. MY LIFE AND ART. by Winfred Rembert with illustrated by Winfred Rembert ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 1, 2003. The story of Rembert’s life and late-developing artistic career is most significant as a first-person account of the racism still faced by African-Americans nearly 100 years after the abolishment of slavery.

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  8. www.betweenthecovers.com › pages › booksDon't Hold Me Back: My Life and Art | Winfred REMBERT

    Brief overview of the art of this remarkable self-taught folk artist who learned leatherwork in prison, and worked in hand-tooled, carved, and dyed leather. Inscribed by the artist: To Gary & Franny, I enjoyed visiting you guys and