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.
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 […]
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; […]
Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement author talk and signing Tomiko Brown-Nagin, of Harvard University, will discuss her book, Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement.
The United States and World War I As part of its World War I: Lessons from 100 Years Ago initiative, the Thomas County Library will present a lecture by Professor Gale Whitehurst, of Thomas University, about how Germany's geography influenced World War I and why the United States's entrance into the war became so crucial. […]
Rome International Film Festival In partnership with Georgia Humanities and the Chieftains Museum, the Rome International Film Festival will host a performance by Cherokee musician Tommy Wildcat, followed by a screening of Mankiller, a documentary exploring the legacy of Wilma Mankiller, the Cherokee Nation's first woman principal chief.
Lunch and Learn: Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Planning for Personal Records Christine Garrett, Electronic Records Manager at the Georgia Archives, will present "Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Planning for Personal Records." She will discuss identifying essential records – records of historical and sentimental value to families. She will also discuss records needed to recover from a […]
