Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War author talk The Rose Library will host a reading by and discussion with John Morrow Jr., author of Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War: The Undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American Quest for Equality. This event is in conjunction with A Question of Manhood: African American and World War […]
Revolutionary Perspectives As part of the Coastal Heritage Society's Revolutionary Perspectives lecture series, the Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters will perform a ring shout, an African American religious ritual involving dance, call-and-response singing, and percussion. First performed by enslaved Africans, the ring shout affirms oneness with the Spirit and with ancestors as well as community cohesiveness. […]
Race and Understanding: A Conversation with Patrick Phillips Augusta University will host Patrick Phillips, author of Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America, for a reading and reception as part of the Sand Hills Writers Series. This event is supported by a Georgia Humanities grant.
L'Chaim Sandy Springs! A Toast to Jewish Participation in Our City Heritage Sandy Springs is partnering with local Jewish organizations and the Breman Museum to collect, archive, and preserve the Jewish history of Sandy Springs. A traveling exhibition explores the community's founding and the growth of Jewish life and culture in the city. The exhibition […]
Documenting the Present: Archival Conscience and Proactive Archives The 2017 Society of Georgia Archivists Annual Meeting will reflect on the particular challenges archives face with contemporary material, and how archivists preserve our present cultural environment for future generations. Anne Gilliland, of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California Los […]
26th Edition of the Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta For more than 25 years, the Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta has offered a two-week literary extravaganza featuring an exciting lineup of the year's most exceptional authors. Each year, thousands of book lovers come together to […]
King Cotton in the Georgia Piedmont The cotton industry dictated the present-day Morgan County as we know now, from the landscape to commercial downtown businesses, the historic homes, culture, and pace of life. This symposium will present the history and importance of the cotton industry in Morgan County and discuss the place of the industry […]
War Is Hell; Coming Home Can Be Harder Author and veteran Nick Irving will lead a panel discussion about the ethics of reintegrating people returning from war. Panelists will include Sue Verhoef of the Atlanta History Center and Mark Eister, director of military outreach at Georgia State University and Perimeter College at Georgia State. Event […]
World War I and the Movies As part of its World War I: Lessons from 100 Years Ago initiative, Thomas County Public Library will host a screening of The Road to Glory, a 1936 film depicting the realities of trench warfare in France during World War I. A discussion will follow the screening. This event […]
Almost Sunrise film screening This 2016 documentary shows the struggles of two Iraq combat veterans who walked across the USA to come to terms with their combat experiences. A panel discussion will follow, featuring Nick Irving, a veteran and author of the autobiography The Reaper; Sarah Cook, associate dean of Georgia State University's honors college; […]
