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. Opening Ceremony September 16, 10:00 a.m. Monroe Museum Open Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., and Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
The Vietnam War Tune in to Georgia Public Broadcasting for The Vietnam War, a new documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. This 10-part, 18-hour documentary series will tell the epic story of one of the most controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Historic resources include rarely […]
Revolutionary Perspectives As part of the Coastal Heritage Society's Revolutionary Perspectives lecture series, historical interpreter Ben Wheeler will present a lecture on diplomacy between colonial Georgia and Spanish Florida. This event will begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m. The lecture will begin at 7:00 p.m. This event is supported by a Georgia Humanities grant.
The Harvest preview and discussion Douglas Blackmon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Slavery By Another Name, will discuss his new documentary film, The Harvest. The Harvest tells the story of the struggle to integrate public schools in one small Mississippi Delta town as seen through the eyes of black and white children born at the height of the […]
From Race to Renewal: It's Not All Black and White Author Arnie Sidman will discuss From Race to Renewal: It's Not All Black and White at the Center for Civil and Human Rights. This is a community event.
World War I and America — Veterans panel discussion Clayton State University library will host a panel discussion on America's role in World War I. Veterans of such recent conflicts as Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan will bring their experiences to bear on the topic and examine the lasting legacies of World War I. This project […]
The Dream Machine: The Beat Generation and the Counterculture, 1940-1975 Emory University's Woodruff Library will celebrate the contributions of Beat writers, poets, and artists with the exhibition The Dream Machine: The Beat Generation and the Counterculture, 1940-1975, which will draw from collections in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, including the Raymond […]
Revolutionary Perspectives As part of the Coastal Heritage Society's Revolutionary Perspectives lecture series, Solomon K. Smith, professor of history at Georgia Southern University, will present a lecture about Lieutenant Colonel James Grant and the cause of the Anglo-Cherokee War (1758-1761). This event will begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m. The lecture will begin at […]
Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame Dinner The Atlanta Press Club will celebrate new Hall of Fame inductees and the impact good journalism has made in Georgia and throughout the nation. Inductees include Fred Kalil, a long-time sports anchor; Aubrey Morris, the first news director of WSB Radio; Cynthia Tucker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for […]
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.
