In 2008, Sarah Higinbotham, a Ph.D. student at Georgia State University, wanted to teach a literature class in a Georgia prison, but discovered that no college programs existed in Georgia prisons, so she started one. This documentary by Atlanta filmmaker Hal Jacobs looks at the impact of the program on students and instructors. Incarcerated students […]
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 Zora Neale Hurston.
Georgia State University Humanities Research Center presents its next lecture series event featuring Georgia State University professor of political science Jelena Subotić. The lecture is based on her recent book about Eastern European remembrance of the Holocaust since the fall of communism. Yellow Star, Red Star has won multiple awards, including the Robert Jervis and […]
Join Georgia Humanities and the Auburn Avenue Research Library for a discussion of the book Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South, by Winfred Rembert and Erin I. Kelly. A professor at Tufts University, Erin Kelly will be in conversation with Patsy Rembert, widow of Winfred Rembert, who died […]
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 Langston Hughes.
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 James Baldwin.
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 Lorraine Hansberry.
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 August Wilson.
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 final installment of the 8-part series will focus on Octavia E. Butler.
The Children's Literature Association invites you to join them for a conversation with Nic Stone, moderated by the Auburn Avenue Research Library. The conversation will include her books for young adults, Atlanta, and social justice. The event is free and open to the public and will include a book signing following the discussion.
