Hometown Teams in Fort Valley
Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America exhibition This Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition explores what sports and “hometown teams” mean to Americans, Georgians, and local communities.
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Atlanta Studies @ Emory
Atlanta Studies @ Emory
Atlanta Studies @ Emory The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, in collaboration with the Emory Center for Faculty Development and Excellence and the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry will host a discussion of the research platforms, projects, and publications about Atlanta that are currently facilitated by the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship. […]
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Southern Writers Onstage: Women Black and White
Southern Writers Onstage: Women Black and White
Southern Writers Onstage: Women Black and White series This series of readings/performances tells the story of the Southern American woman – black and white – through the writings of Southern American women. Atlanta actress Carolyn Cook presents Flannery O'Connor's short story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," about two generations of white southerners, a mother and son, […]
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“Choices and Their Consequences”
“Choices and Their Consequences”
"Choices and Their Consequences: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) and The Giver (Lois Lowry)" lecture Dr. Pearl McHaney presents part four of the "Connecting Lines: Building Empathy Through Literature" lecture series, sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. To hear an interview with McHaney by "City Lights" host Lois Reitzes, click here. This is a […]
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Resilient Atlanta: New Perspectives on the Civil War and Its Aftermath
Resilient Atlanta: New Perspectives on the Civil War and Its Aftermath
Resilient Atlanta: New Perspectives on the Civil War and Its Aftermath symposium Atlanta suffered a steep descent during the Civil War, and ended it in a worse state than any other American city. Yet Atlanta emerged like a phoenix from the ashes of war largely due to the people who lived there. Rich and poor, […]
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Free State of Jones
Free State of Jones
Free State of Jones screening and commentary The Gordon State College History Club will present a screening of Free State of Jones with commentary by historian Sarah. E. Gardner. Screening takes place in the Nursing and Allied Health Sciences Building, Room 114. This is a community event.
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Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival
Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival: "Of Mules and Men — Zora Neale Hurston Speaks" The Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival, hosted by Young Harris College, will welcome storyteller Sheila Arnold Jones, who will perform as folklorist and author Zora Neale Hurston. Ms. Jones will perform on March 31, from 9:30 a.m.- 10:20 a.m., in the Rollins Campus Center's Hatcher […]
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Revival: Lost Southern Voices
Revival: Lost Southern Voices
Revival: Lost Southern Voices The South has produced great literature for generations, but times change and works are forgotten. This project celebrates forgotten and underappreciated works and their authors—lost southern voices. Over two days, Georgia State University will host authors such as Natasha Trethewey, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Terry Kay will share their favorite “lost” literature. […]
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Mill League Memories
Mill League Memories exhibition, April 1 - April 30, 2017 This exhibition explores the role of sports in Dalton's Crown Mill village. Crown Archives and Gardens is open Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., and Saturdays by appointment. This exhibition is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
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Revival: Lost Southern Voices
Revival: Lost Southern Voices
Revival: Lost Southern Voices The South has produced great literature for generations, but times change and works are forgotten. This project celebrates forgotten and underappreciated works and their authors—lost southern voices. Over two days, Georgia State University will host authors such as Natasha Trethewey, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Terry Kay who will share their favorite “lost” […]
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Countdown to Zero: Defeating Polio
Countdown to Zero: Defeating Polio
Countdown to Zero: Defeating Polio The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum present a day devoted to the historic effort to wipe out polio. Tour the Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease exhibition; watch a performance of Franklin Roosevelt, polio's most famous victim; meet the last March of Dimes poster child, Pam Henry, and see a film […]
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Southern Writers Onstage: Women Black and White
Southern Writers Onstage: Women Black and White
Southern Writers Onstage: Women Black and White series This series of readings/performances tells the story of the Southern American woman – black and white – through the writings of Southern American women. Atlanta actress Bernardine Mitchell presents Toni Morrison's short story “Recitatif," which chronicles the life stories of two girls, one white and one black. The girls […]
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Mill League Memories lecture
Mill League Memories lecture
Mill League Memories lecture, April 9, 2017 Dr. Thomas Veve will discuss the role of mill village sports in the development of local sports programs, as well as the importance these leagues played in mill village life. This lecture is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
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Goodrich C. White Lecture 2017: Junot Diaz
Goodrich C. White Lecture 2017: Junot Diaz
Goodrich C. White Lecture 2017: Junot Diaz Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow, and creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver Emory University's Goodrich C. White lecture. This is a community event.
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Georgia’s Rural Churches
Georgia’s Rural Churches
Georgia's Rural Churches: Historic Treasures or Relics of the Past? lecture Sonny Seals and George Hart discuss their book Historic Rural Churches of Georgia, a co-publication of Georgia Humanities and the University of Georgia Press. This is a community event.
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“Individuals and Communities”
“Individuals and Communities”
“Individuals and Communities: Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and Beloved” lecture Dr. Pearl McHaney presents part five of the “Connecting Lines: Building Empathy Through Literature” lecture series, sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. To hear an interview with McHaney by “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes, click here. This is a community event.
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World Heritage and U.S. Civil Rights Sites Symposium
World Heritage and U.S. Civil Rights Sites Symposium The Georgia State University World Heritage Initiative is preparing a nomination of U.S. civil rights sites for the World Heritage List in an effort to achieve the highest possible level of global recognition possible for these historic places. Join civil rights scholars and preservationists from around the […]
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Hometown Teams in Moultrie
Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America exhibition This Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition explores what sports and “hometown teams” mean to Americans, Georgians, and local communities.
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National History Day state competition
National History Day state competition
National History Day Georgia state competition National History Day students from across Georgia will gather at Mercer University in Macon for the state competition. National History Day in Georgia is a program of Georgia Humanities and LaGrange College in partnership with Mercer University. Regional competition sponsors are Augusta University, Clayton State University and the […]
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Atlanta Studies Symposium: Rethinking Equity in Atlanta
Atlanta Studies Symposium: Rethinking Equity in Atlanta Though the city of Atlanta continues to thrive, as it has for the past century and a half, social stratification and inequality has remained a persistent part of its urban fabric throughout. Atlanta Studies invites academics, citizens, and practitioners to investigate and explore past and present issues around […]
