Date: Thursday, August 5

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Virtual - https://zoom.us/j/97602404972

Co-Author: Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell and L. Fury (Run: Book One by John Lewis)

Free

The highly anticipated sequel to the National Book Award-winning MARCH trilogy, Run: Book One tells John Lewis’ story after the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, an often overlooked chapter of civil rights history. This groundbreaking graphic novel is co-written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, and illustrated by Nate Powell—the award-winning illustrator of the March trilogy—and debut comic artist L. Fury. “In sharing my story, it is my hope that a new generation will be inspired by Run to actively participate in the democratic process and help build a more perfect Union here in America.” –Congressman John Lewis

Date: Tuesday, August 17

Time: 7pm EDT

Location: Virtual - Zoom - To be announced.

Author: Erin Kelly and Winfred Rembert’s wife Patsy Rembert (Chasing Me to My Grave by Winfred Rembert) in conversation with WABE’s Lois Ritzes.

Free

Chasing Me to My Grave presents the late Winfred Rembert’s breathtaking body of work alongside his story, as told to Tufts Philosopher Erin I. Kelly. Rembert calls forth vibrant scenes of Black life on Cuthbert, Georgia’s Hamilton Avenue, where he first glimpsed the possibility of a life outside the cotton field. As he pays tribute, exuberant and heartfelt, to Cuthbert’s Black community and the people, including Patsy, who helped him to find the courage to revisit a traumatic past, Rembert brings to life the promise and the danger of Civil Rights protest, the brutalities of incarceration, his search for his mother’s love, and the epic bond he found with Patsy.

Date: Tuesday Sept 14

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Online - Access via Zoom

Event: Shirley Ann Higuchi, author of Setsuko’s Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration

Activity: author talk, in conversation with Doug Nelson, Member, Board of Trustees of the Carter Center and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation

Free event: registration required

As children, Shirley Ann Higuchi and her brothers knew Heart Mountain only as the place their parents met, imagining it as a great Stardust Ballroom in rural Wyoming. As they grew older, they would come to recognize the name as a source of great sadness and shame for their older family members, part of the generation of Japanese Americans forced into the hastily built concentration camp in the aftermath of Executive Order 9066. This is the true story of Heart Mountain and the Japanese American incarceration.

Date: Thursday, September 9, 2021

Time: 5:00 to 7:00PM, EST

Location: Virtual, completion of Online Registration Form required

Admission: Free, open to the public

Presenters: Joshua Montanari, Carter Presidential Library & Kathleen Pate, Clinton Presidential Library

To kick off National History Day and the 2021-2022 school year, the Carter and Clinton Presidential Libraries will be teaming up on Thursday, September 9, 2021, 5-7pm EST, to present Carter & Clinton: Commonalities & Contrasts. This workshop for educators will be highlighting the connections between these southern governors-turned presidents and their viability for this year’s NHD theme, Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences. This collaborative program will help students mitigate the challenges of limited onsite research and highlight the vast array of digital primary research resources available from the Presidential Libraries and the National Archives. To attend, complete the Online Registration Form. For more information on this year’s contest, visit the official website of National History Day.