Georgia Humanities

Presidential Picks Book Club
2024-09-04 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31906
The Chattahoochee Valley Libraries Presidential Picks Book Club will read and discuss James Madison: A Biography by Ralph Ketcham, as part of their “Constitution and Me” program series.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Screening of "Saving the Chattahoochee"
2024-09-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Emory University Oxford College, 801 Emory Street, Oxford, Georgia, 30054
During the 1990s, the Chattahoochee River was named the most endangered urban river in North America by American Rivers, a key conservation group. Saving the Chattahoochee, a new documentary by filmmaker Hal Jacobs, tells the story of the dedicated Atlanta women who fought to revive and protect the Chattahoochee River and its watershed.
The screening will be held in Humanities Hall, Room 202.
Saving the Chattahoochee is sponsored by Georgia Humanities.

Monday at the Movies: The Constitution
2024-09-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31906
As part of their “Constitution and Me” program series, join the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries for a screening of the film What the Constitution Means To Me.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Constitution Movie Night: "My Name is Pauli Murray"
2024-09-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Mildred L. Terry Public Library, 640 Veterans Parkway, Columbus, Georgia, 31901
Join the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries to learn about Pauli Murray, a non-binary lawyer, advocate, poet, and priest who contributed to the Civil Rights and gender equality movements, as part of their “Constitution and Me” program series.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Constitution Week: Do I Have the Right?
2024-09-11 16:00 - 17:00 | South Columbus Public Library, 1973 Torch Hill Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31903
As part of their “Constitution and Me” program series, join the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries to test your knowledge of constitutional rights with fun trivia provided by iCivics.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

The Constitution and Hollywood: "Selma"
2024-09-12 11:00 - 12:30 | North Columbus Public Library, 5689 Armour Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31909
As part of their “Constitution and Me” program series, join the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries for a screening of Ava DuVernay’s Selma, the dramatization of the dramatic confrontation and march for civil rights in Alabama in 1965.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Sidney's Salon Featuring Author Paul Pressley
2024-09-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Historic Macon Foundation, 950 THIRD ST., Macon, Georgia, 31201
Join the Historic Macon Foundation for a presentation given by Paul Pressley, author of A Southern Underground Railroad Black Georgians and the Promise of Spanish Florida and Indian Country. Pre-registration is encouraged!
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

The Historic Harrington School 100th Anniversary
2024-09-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Historic Harrington School Cultural Center, 291 S. Harrington Rd., St. Simons Island, GA, 31522
The Saint Simons African American Heritage Coalition celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Historic Harrington School with a new exhibit exploring the history of the Harrington Hall Plantation up to the current density, development, and land ownership changes from predominantly black ownership to white ownership.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Constitutional FUN!
2024-09-15 - 2024-09-21 | Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31906
The Chattahoochee Valley Libraries Constitutional FUN program presents important concepts from the U.S. Constitution in terms that children of all ages can understand. A part of their “Constitution and Me” program series, stop by the library all week long for scavenger hunts and other games created especially for kids and their families.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Monday at the Movies: The Constitution
2024-09-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31906
As part of their “Constitution and Me” program series, join the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries for a screening of the film Lincoln.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Teen Takeover: "National Treasure" and Scavenger Hunt
2024-09-17 16:30 - 18:00 | Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31906
As part of their “Constitution and Me” program series, join the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries for a screening of the film National Treasure followed by a search for clues throughout the library.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Revolutionary Perspectives Lecture Series: Communities Create History
2024-09-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-09-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-10-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual Program
Join the Coastal Heritage Society for their 2024 Revolutionary Perspectives Lecture Series. This virtual series will feature humanities scholars from diverse areas of focus to provide a broad definition and understanding of how communities create history as well as to examine best practices in sharing history with modern audiences. Scholars include Dr. Deborah Johnson-Simon, a visiting professor at Savannah State University, and Ms. Rita Fuller-Yates, an independent historian and the owner of Savannah Black History Tours.

Book Discussion: "The Year of Living Constitutionally"
2024-09-19 17:00 - 18:30 | North Columbus Public Library, 5689 Armour Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31909
A part of their “Constitution and Me” program series, join the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries for a discussion of A. J. Jacob’s hilarious and illuminating memoir The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution’s Original Meaning.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Amaru's Awakening Heritage Reconnection Journey
2024-09-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Literary Arts Center, 255 Love Ave, Tifton, Georgia, 31794
The Maya Heritage Center hosts lectures by scholars and experts on Maya history, art, language, and traditions.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Monday at the Movies: The Constitution
2024-09-23 18:30 - 20:00 | Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31906
As part of their “Constitution and Me” program series, join the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries for a screening of the film Iron-Jawed Angels.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Local History Spotlight: Primus King Changes the Georgia Vote
2024-09-27 15:00 - 16:30 | Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31906
Primus E. King helped African-Americans gain the right to vote in Georgia by challenging the constitutionality of the State Democratic Party’s refusal to allow him to vote in 1940. As part of their “Constitution and Me” program series, join the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries for a lecture exploring important details of the King decision using primary sources and other materials in the Library’s collection.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Monday at the Movies: The Constitution
2024-09-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31906
As part of their “Constitution and Me” program series, join the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries for a screening of the film Willie Velasquez: Your Voice is Your Vote.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Sidney's Salon Featuring Neesha Powell-Ingabire
2024-10-03 17:30 - 19:00 | Historic Macon Foundation, 950 THIRD ST., Macon, Georgia, 31201
Join the Historic Macon Foundation for a presentation by Neesha Powell-Ingabire (she/they), a coastal Georgia-born-and-raised movement journalist, essayist, and community and cultural organizer. She reports on the justice movements of the Black, trans, queer, and Southern communities to which she belongs and writes essays to recover her own history and the histories of her ancestors and their ancestral homes.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Decatur Book Festival
2024-10-04 - 2024-10-05 | Decatur, GA, GA, United States
The Decatur Book Festival returns to Decatur Square October 4-5, 2024. The event will feature author talks, readings, panel discussions, children’s sessions, a vendor fair, and a keynote presentation by Joyce Carol Oates. All sessions are free to the public.
This event is sponsored by Georgia Humanities.

Screening of "Saving the Chattahoochee"
2024-10-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Tara Theatre, 2345 Cheshire Bridge Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30324
During the 1990s, the Chattahoochee River was named the most endangered urban river in North America by American Rivers, a key conservation group. “Saving the Chattahoochee,” a new documentary by filmmaker Hal Jacobs, tells the story of the dedicated Atlanta women who fought to revive and protect the Chattahoochee River and its watershed.
The screening will be followed by a discussion panel featuring women environmental leaders.
“Saving the Chattahoochee” is sponsored by Georgia Humanities.

American Soldiers during the Holocaust: Perception and Representation in Newspapers and Museums
2024-11-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Augusta University, 1120 15th St., Augusta, GA, 30912, United States
August University professors Stacey Thompson, David Bulla, Hubert Van Tull, and James Garvey will discuss representations of the Holocaust in media and museums and the experiences of local veterans who liberated the concentration camps.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Spring Place & Oochgeelogy: Moravian Missions Among the Cherokee
2024-11-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Funk Heritage Center, 7300 Reinhardt College Cir, Waleska, Georgia, 30183
Presented by Wanda Patterson, “Spring Place & Oochgeelogy” tells the dramatic story of the Moravians, the first missionary group to be permitted to establish schools and mission stations in the Cherokee Nation. The lecture will focus on the origins and development of Moravian missionary activity in the Cherokee Nation, highlighting the patterns of cross-cultural exchange between Moravian missionaries and the Cherokee at the Spring Place and Oochgeelogy mission stations in present-day Chatsworth and Calhoun, Georgia.
Wanda Patterson is a charter member of the Georgia Trail of Tears Association. On behalf of the chapter, she edited a volume of poetry by Cherokee writer John Rollin Ridge, and she serves on the Trail of Tears Speakers Staff.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

We Neighbors Would Meet Together: Oothcaloga Moravian Mission, Integration, and Cherokee Identity
2024-11-23 | Funk Heritage Center, 7300 Reinhardt College Cir, Waleska, Georgia, 30183
The Funk Heritage Center opens a new temporary exhibit, We Neighbors Would Meet Together, interpreting the history and influence of the Oothcaloga Moravian Mission (near present-day Calhoun) on Cherokee integration, nationalism, and sovereignty in the nineteenth century. The exhibit is also designed to raise public awareness and generate support for the Oothcaloga Mission God’s Acre and Stephens-Morrow Family Cemetery Preservation Project-a major historic preservation project of a vulnerable Trail of Tears site.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

“The Water Spirit Will Take Us Home”: Igbo Landing in African and African-American Art Exhibit (Tubman Museum)
2024-11-24 09:00 - 2025-03-31 17:00 | Tubman Museum, 310 Cherry Street, Macon, GA, 31201, United States
A joint project between the Tubman Museum and Wesleyan College, this exhibit examines how the events at Igbo Landing have been preserved and mythologized in African-American folklore. It will analyze their influence on literature, art, and cultural expressions, including works by Beverly Buchanan. The exhibit is currently on display at Tubman Museum.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

“The Water Spirit Will Take Us Home”: Igbo Landing in African and African-American Art Exhibit (Wesleyan College Leadership Lab)
2025-01-07 09:00 - 2025-03-07 17:00 | Wesleyan College Leadership Lab, 522 Cherry Street, Macon, 31201, United States
A joint project between the Tubman Museum and Wesleyan College, this exhibit examines how the events at Igbo Landing have been preserved and mythologized in African-American folklore. It will analyze their influence on literature, art, and cultural expressions, including works by Beverly Buchanan. The exhibit is currently on display at Wesleyan College Leadership Lab.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

We Are Here: The Augusta Jewish Museum Comes to Life Lecture
2025-01-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Augusta Municipal Building, Linda W. Beazley Room, 535 Telfair Street, Augusta, GA, 30901, United States
Members of the team that developed the displays for the Augusta Jewish Museum Education Center will present about the history of the museum and the importance of preserving these buildings for the entire community. Speakers include Dr. Jackie Cohen, Dr. Michael Cohen, and Dr. Judith Giri. They will give an overview of each of the five main areas with emphasis on the Holocaust exhibit. The conversation will be moderated by Angela Russo, Augusta Jewish Museum Manager. Refreshments will be provided and tours of the museum will follow the
presentations.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Lonnie King, Jr. Exhibition
2025-01-28 10:00 - 2025-02-28 20:00 | Auburn Avenue Research Library, 101 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
Georgia State University Special Collections presents a traveling exhibit based on the Lonnie King, Jr. Papers. This exhibit covers the life of Lonnie King, Jr. the Atlanta Student Movement, and legacy. The exhibit will be on display at the Auburn Avenue Research Library from January 28 through February 28. Thereafter, the exhibit will be on display at Georgia State University and travel through the Georgia Public Library Service traveling exhibit program.

This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Civil Sights Panel Discussion
2025-02-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA, 30305, United States
Join the Atlanta History Center for a panel discussion about Civil Sights: Sweet Auburn, a Journey through Atlanta’s National Treasure. Featured panelists include author Gene Kansas, Jacqueline Jones Royster, and Ed Bowen, moderated by Mike Jordan.
Civil Sights is a co-publication of Georgia Humanities and the University of Georgia Press.
