Atlanta Talks About Race

The Georgia Humanities Council, with the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and fifty additional co-conveners hosted a two-part Atlanta “town hall” to examine race, civility, and equality of opportunity in the 21st century. At a public forum at the Carter Center on the evening of December 9th about 450 people heard a panel of provocative and insightful speakers, representing the fields of history, law, business, and politics. Noted author and law professor Stephen Carter delivered the keynote address.