Rembert calls forth vibrant scenes of Black life on Cuthbert, Georgia’s Hamilton Avenue, where he first glimpsed the possibility of a life outside the cotton field.

Years later, at the age of fifty-one and with Patsy’s encouragement, he started drawing and painting scenes from his youth using leather tooling skills he learned in prison.Ĭhasing Me to My Grave presents Rembert’s breathtaking body of work alongside his story, as told to Tufts Philosopher Erin I. During that time he met the undaunted Patsy, who would become his wife. He was arrested after fleeing a demonstration, survived a near-lynching at the hands of law enforcement, and spent seven years on chain gangs. Winfred Rembert grew up in a family of Georgia field laborers and joined the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager. 'A compelling and important history that this nation desperately needs to hear.' -Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Just Mercy and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHYīooklist #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year * African American Literary Book Club (AALBC) #1 Nonfiction Bestseller * Named a Best Book of the Year by: NPR, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, Barnes & Noble, Hudson Booksellers, ARTnews, and more * Amazon Editors’ Pick * Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Nonfiction Longlist

Chasing me to the grave