In each of the three acts, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt respectively voice their plans, concerns, and aspirations. Of particular interest to them is the future of Poland, whose invasion by Germany in 1939 ignited the global war, and which has become a symbol of potential conflict in post-war Europe. The three palaces also represent Fear, […]
The 1803 mass suicide of enslaved people at Glynn County's Dunbar Creek is recounted by historian Dionne Hoskins-Brown. She reveals the desperation of slavery through lyrical motifs about the Back body, water, and life and death in coastal Georgia.
This Georgia Seminar will take a behind-the-scenes look at the nationally recognized prison education program, Common Good Atlanta (CGA), founded by Sarah Higinbotham of Oxford College and Bill Taft. Since 2008, an all-volunteer consortium of 70 faculty from six universities have taught the liberal arts in four prisons, plus a downtown course for prison-impacted people. […]
The Tift College of Education of Mercer University (in partnership with the Johns Creek Historical Society) was awarded a Georgia Humanities grant for the project “They Were Here: Preservation and Commemoration of the Macedonia African American Methodist Church Cemetery of Johns Creek.” The grant was awarded to Johns Creek High School students in producing a […]
The seminar will bring together Common Good Atlanta alumni to share their experience s and the program’s impact on the community. The following topics are ripe for discussion: efforts of those in higher education to reach across the community, the detrimental effects of mass incarceration on the community, an American penal system that is more focused […]
The seminar will bring together Jamil Zainaldin, Emory faculty, and Common Good Atlanta founders Sarah Higinbotham (Oxford College) and Bill Taft, to share their experience s and the program’s impact on the community. The following topics are ripe for discussion: efforts of those in higher education to reach across the community, the detrimental effects of […]
The seminar will bring together Common Good Atlanta faculty from Morehouse, Georgia State State University, and Georgia Tech to share their experience s and the program’s impact on the community. The following topics are ripe for discussion: efforts of those in higher education to reach across the community, the detrimental effects of mass incarceration on […]
Join The Learning Center at Senior Citizens, Inc. as they present "African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century," a lecture series exploring the lives and work of African-American writers. This installment of the 8-part series will focus on Booker T. Washington.
An airing of the documentary based on the Kaye Minchew book of the same title. Learn more here.
Join The Learning Center at Senior Citizens, Inc. as they present "African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century," a lecture series exploring the lives and work of African-American writers. This installment of the 8-part series will focus on W.E.B. Dubois.
