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January, 2019-December, 2019
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National History Day 2019
Education - Professional Development January 1, 2019-December 30, 2019
We support the year-long National History Day competition as an exciting way for students to study and learn about historical issues, ideas, people and events at our locations around the country and online!
The National Archives is the nation’s record keeper. We hold billions of primary sources. Many can be incorporated into NHD research and projects. Visit the National Archives web page for National History Day to get started! Contact us if you need help.
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Bob Friedman - “A Few Thousands Dollars: Sparking Prosperity for Everyone”
Author Programs January 23, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Reading/Booksigning
Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater
Free and Open to the Public
Most Americans, including 80 percent of people of color, are locked out of the mainstream economy, unable to add their talents, work, and dreams, unable to share in the bounty of this economy. Robert Friedman, who worked in Governor Jimmy Carter’s administration before entering the world of non-profits, presents a guide to making the U.S. economy work for everyone, not just the wealthy.
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Jon Ward - “Camelot’s End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party”
Author Programs January 24, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Lecture/Booksigning
Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater
Free and Open to the Public
From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kennedy’s 1980 campaign for president against the incumbent Jimmy Carter, told in full for the first time.
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March, 2019
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Irshad Manji - “Don’t Label Me”
Author Programs March 1, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Reading/Booksigning
Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater
Free and Open to the Public
Irshad Manji, founder of the award-winning Moral Courage Project at the University of Southern California, New York Times bestselling author and the first winner of Oprah Winfrey’s “Chutzpah” prize for boldness, tackles the question of diversity. “Don’t Label Me” is a unique conversation about diversity, bigotry, and our common humanity. Manji will be in conversation with WABE’s Rose Scott.
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Howard Schultz - “From the Ground Up”
Author Programs March 11, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Lecture/Booksigning
Carter Center Cecil B. Day Chapel
This is a Ticketed Event
“From the longtime CEO and chairman of Starbucks, a bold, dramatic work about the new responsibilities that leaders, businesses, and citizens share in American society today—as viewed through the intimate lens of one man’s life and work.
What do we owe one another? How do we channel our drive, ingenuity, even our pain, into something more meaningful than individual success? And what is our duty in the places where we live, work, and play?” Ticket details coming soon