The Maya Heritage Center will host a workshop series featuring authors and researchers to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of Mississippian and Maya culture. This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
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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.Â
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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 […]
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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.Â
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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.Â
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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.Â
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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.Â
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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.
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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. […]
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1 event,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 […]
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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.Â
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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.Â
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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 […]
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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.Â
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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.
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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.Â
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.Â
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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 […]
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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 […]
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1 event,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.
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