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Keynote Lecture with Ytasha Womack, Planet Deep South: ATL 2020

Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center 111 James P Brawley Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA, United States

Planet Deep South: ATL 2020 Planet Deep South: ATL 2020 is an interdisciplinary conference open to all scholars, artists, and students that explores the intellectual and creative expression of African people. Through a series of presentations and panel discussions, the conference is designed to inspire the inquiry of Africana cultural production through a digital, historical […]

4th Annual Ogeechee International History Film Festival

Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA

4th Annual Ogeechee International History Film Festival The Ogeechee International History Film Festival is the only open submission, juried, international cinema program of its kind. Now in its fourth year, the annual festival continues to promote and celebrate history presented through motion pictures. The theme of the 4th Annual Ogeechee International History Film Festival is […]

Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia

St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church and Parish Hall 401 Fort King Georgia Drive, Darien, GA

Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia Melissa Cooper, author of Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination will deliver the keynote lecture for "Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia." Cooper will address the context from which Geechee women emerged, and three "trailblazers" will be highlighted by additional speakers: […]

Women, Sex, and Violence in Georgia: The 75th Commemoration of the Execution of Lena Mae Baker

Clark Atlanta University, Haven Warren Hall 223 James P. Brawley Dr. S.W., Atlanta, GA

Women, Sex, and Violence in Georgia: The 75th Commemoration of the Execution of Lena Mae Baker This one-day symposium will highlight contemporary issues in the age of the "Me Too" movement. Through a series of panel discussions, topics including the law, activism and advocacy, the response of the faith-based community, and student perspectives. The symposium, […]

Bare Essentials Play Reading: “The Sunrise from the Moon” by Hannah Manikowski

Online

Bare Essentials Play Reading: "The Sunrise from the Moon" by Hannah Manikowski The first online Bare Essentials play reading, "The Sunrise from the Moon," is written by Hannah Manikowski and presented by Essential Theatre. The play is set in the future and features a young woman who is the only survivor of a failed lunarcolony […]

Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence Documentary Q&A Session

Online

Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence Documentary Q&A Session Join the Columbus Museum for an online Q&A session on the documentary film Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence. The discussion will feature filmmakers Hal and Henry Jacobs; Nick Norwood, Director of the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians; and Patricia Bell-Scott, a women's studies scholar and […]

VIRTUAL EVENT—Political Protest and the 2020 Elections

Online

Political Protest and the 2020 Elections This online panel discussion, "Political Protest and the 2020 Elections," is the first of the fall 2020 series, "Ethics and the 2020 Elections," presented by the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics at Georgia State University. This discussion of the ethics of political protest will feature scholars Candice Delmas, […]

VIRTUAL EVENT—Decatur Short Docs Film Festival

Georgia Center for the Book

The Decatur Short Docs Film Festival, presented by the Georgia Center for the Book The Decatur Short Docs Film Festival is a Decatur/Atlanta-based festival series showcase of short documentaries about people and places primarily in the South. The festival provides a platform for filmmakers to showcase their work, and provides a forum for fresh perspectives […]

VIRTUAL EVENT—Jericho Brown, Keynote, Decatur Book Festival

Jericho Brown, Keynote, Decatur Book Festival Pulitzer Prize–winner Jericho Brown is the keynote speaker for the 2020 virtual Atlanta-Journal Constitution Decatur Book Festival. In conversation with book festival board president, Mathwon Howard, Brown will discuss his most recent book, The Tradition, that details the normalization of evil and its history at the intersection of the […]

VIRTUAL EVENT—The 2020 Lillian Smith Book Awards

The 2020 Lillian Smith Book Awards The Lillian Smith Book Awards are sponsored by the Southern Regional Council, University of Georgia Libraries, DeKalb County Public Library/The Georgia Center for the Book, and Piedmont College. The awards are presented annually at the Decatur Book Festival. Selected by a panel of judges, nominated books represent outstanding creative […]

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