PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
National History Day
The aim of National History Day is to encourage middle and high school students to engage more deeply in the historical process, through research and presentation of that research along with analysis.
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NEWS
EVENTS
- Jan. 28 – Feb. 28: Sankofa African American Geechee Heritage Trail
- March 16: Black Heritage of Rockdale County
- March 21: How Journalists & the Public Shape Our Democracy (Suwanee)
- March 22 & 23: Difference & Dignity through Literature and the Arts (Athens)
- March 26: Economic History Teacher Workshop
- March 26: How Journalists and the Public Shape Our Democracy (Lithonia)
- March 27: How Journalists and the Public Shape Our Democracy (Atlanta)
STORIES
The “forever” of Flannery O’Connor
The art of Georgia writer Flannery O’Connor lies in her ability to condense the heaviest of thoughts about life and purpose into the commonplace of stories.
The slave dwelling project
The 21st-century idea of sleeping in a slave cabin from the antebellum era is at first challenging to the mind and the memory. What’s the point? Who would choose to do this? But this is exactly what Joseph McGill Jr., the founder of the Slave Dwelling Project, does.
An award for all mankind, a dinner for one—the Atlanta Nobel Prize party for MLK, given by the city’s image-conscious white leadership
On October 14, 1964, the Nobel Committee announced that thirty-five-year-old Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Georgia roots of one of the 20th century’s most successful songwriters
Music- and film-making are thriving businesses in Georgia now, but Georgia native Johnny Mercer—writer of such memorable songs as “Glow-Worm” and “Jeepers Creepers,” which were wildly popular in their day—successfully blended both during his long career.
