Ongoing: October 1, 2022 - Extended through Memorial Day Weekend

Bringing together 270+ artworks created by children from around the world, the exhibition is a celebration of the work of International Paint Pals and its peace-driven mission. Founded in 1995 as part of the Carter Center’s Atlanta Project, International Paint Pals started as a community arts initiative in south Atlanta. Since then, the organization has grown to work with over 200,000 children in more than 125 countries. Combining a simple pledge – “for the rest of my life, I promise to do everything I can to bring peace into our world” – and the creativity and imagination of children of all ages, the organization and the work it supports is a grassroots realization of one of former President Jimmy Carter’s initiatives, waging peace. This exhibition is also a call to action for visitors to be inspired by the artworks and to create and share their own.

Image by third grade students at Atlanta International School, USA

Join the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum for this online teacher workshop that will provide resources for exploring how the development of a government "safety net" to protect Americans devastated by the Great Depression affected civic life. The Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) is a great example to use in teaching about how the government responds to crises. By creating opportunities for unemployed young men, the CCC was an innovation in government and a model for future government programs benefiting families, cities, and rural communities. Register today!

Friday, March 31 at 7:00 pm at the Carter Center Day Chapel

Jeanette Walls, author of Hang The Moon (TICKETED EVENT)

From Jeannette Walls, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle, comes a riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition. Tickets available at www.acappellabooks.com

Thursday, April 13 at 7:00 pm at the Carter Museum Theater

Chad Williams, author of The Wounded World

The dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois's reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I—and a new understanding of one of the great twentieth-century writers. Drawing on a broad range of sources, most notably Du Bois’s unpublished manuscript and research materials, Williams tells a sweeping story of hope, betrayal, disillusionment, and transformation, setting into motion a fresh understanding of the life and mind of arguably the most significant scholar-activist in African American history. In uncovering what happened to Du Bois’s largely forgotten book.

Explore how to engage elementary students with primary sources from the holdings of the National Archives that demonstrate the power of student voices. During this interactive virtual workshop, you will connect with resources for teaching the Bill of Rights in the elementary school classroom, including interactive distance learning programs, graphic organizers, and DocsTeach activities. Register today!

Tuesday, May 2nd at 7pm at the Carter Museum Theater

S.C. Gwynne: His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

From the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a stunning historical tale of the rise and fall of the world’s largest airship—and the doomed love story between an ambitious British officer and a married Romanian Princess at its heart.

Thursday, May 4th at 7pm in the Carter Museum Theater

Matthew Dallek: Birchers : How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right

At the height of the John Birch Society’s activity in the 1960s, critics dismissed its members as a paranoid fringe. After all, “Birchers” believed that a vast communist conspiracy existed in America and posed an existential threat to Christianity, capitalism, and freedom. But as historian Matthew Dallek reveals, the Birch Society’s extremism remade American conservatism. 

Wednesday, May 10th at 7pm in the Carter Museum Theater

Dan Carter: Unmasking the Klansman:The Double Life of Asa and Forrest Carter

Unmasking the Klansman may read like a work of fiction but is actually a biography of Asa Carter, one of the South's most notorious white supremacists. During the 1950s, the North Alabama political firebrand became known across the region for his right-wing radio broadcasts and leadership in the white Citizens' Council movement. Later  using the name “Forrest" Carter, he published three successful Western novels. Author Dan T. Carter uncovered “Forrest" Carter's true identity while researching his biography of Georgia Wallace and in a New York Times' op-ed he exposed Carter's deception.

Wednesday, May 17th at 7pm in the Carter Museum Theater

Jonathan Eig:  King: A Life

Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.—and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. He casts fresh light on the King family’s origins as well as MLK’s complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists.

Tuesday, May 30th at 7pm in The Carter Center's Cecil B. Day Chapel

This is a Ticketed Event

Stacey Abrams: Rogue Justice 

The Carter Library and ACappella Books welcome Stacey Abrams to The Carter Center. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of While Justice Sleeps returns with another riveting and intricately plotted thriller, in which a blackmailed federal judge, a secret court and a brazen murder may lead to an unprecedented national crisis. Tickets information here.

Teachers working with grades 3–12 are invited to apply for the inaugural Civics for All of US Teacher Institute with the National Archives taking place in Washington, DC, from July 17–21, 2023. This five-day institute will include special tours and activities in the National Archives Museum, guest speakers, hands-on sessions featuring strategies for teaching civics with primary sources, and site visits to additional landmarks and museums in the nation’s capital. Each participant will receive a stipend to help cover travel and other expenses. Learn more here and apply by 03/31/23.

The 2023 Civics for All of US Teacher Institute is made possible in part by the National Archives Foundation.