Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 7pm

Dr Sandro Galea, author of “The Contagion Next Time”

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85217738870 free

America was in poor health before COVID-19 appeared. Racism, marginalization, socioeconomic inequality—our failure to address these forces left us vulnerable to COVID-19 and the ensuing global health crisis it became. Had we tackled these challenges twenty years ago, after the outbreak of SARS, perhaps COVID-19 could have been quickly contained. Instead, we allowed our systems to deteriorate. Dr Sandro Galea, Dean at the Boston University School of Public Health, shows us what we need to do. He will be in conversation with WABE’s Rose Scott.

Monday, Nov. 8 at 7pm

Denise Kiernan, author of We Gather Together

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87583169176

Denise Kiernan brings us a biography of an idea: gratitude, as a compelling human instinct and a global concept, more than just a mere holiday. Spanning centuries, “We Gather Together” is anchored amid the strife of the Civil War, and driven by the fascinating story of Sarah Josepha Hale, a widowed mother with no formal schooling who became one of the 19th century’s most influential tastemakers and who campaigned for decades to make real an annual day of thanks that we call Thanksgiving. Kiernan will be in conversation with author Kate Andersen Brower.

Date: Tuesday, December 14

Time: 7:00-8:00 pm

Location: online Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85802531521

Historian Michael Stewart Foley argues that Johnny Cash was the most important political artist of his time. A Cappella Books and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library welcome the author for a virtual discussion of “Citizen Cash” with GSU history professor and “Smoking Typewriters” author John McMillian.

Date: Wednesday, January 12

Time: 7pm

Location: Carter Center’s Cecil B Day Chapel…FACE MASKS REQUIRED

The Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson

Chris Joyner, author of “ The Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson”

ACappella Books and the Carter Library host Chris Joyner for a discussion of his book ” The Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson”.

“Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigative reporter Joyner debuts with a searing look at an unsolved murder case… Joyner provides just the right level of detail in this stranger-than-fiction narrative, in which endemic racism almost resulted in the execution of an innocent man.”—Publishers Weekly, *starred* review. Joiner will be in conversation with former AJC editor and reporter Ken Foskett and community activist Cheryl Turner.