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Ingrid Newkirk - "animalkind" Exhibit Date Mon, 10 Feb, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 02/10/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicIn her new book, founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Ingrid Newkirk, explores the wonders of animal life and offer tools for living more kindly toward them. Studies show that animals are astounding beings with intelligence, emotions, intricate communications networks, …
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David Zucchino - "Wilmington's Lie" Exhibit Date Wed, 12 Feb, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Wed, 02/12/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicPulitzer Prize-winner David Zucchino delivers a searing account of the Wilmington riot and coup of 1898, an extraordinary event unknown to most Americans. Zucchino uses contemporary newspaper accounts, diaries, letters and official communications to create a gripping and compelling narrative that …
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Justice Douglas H. Ginsburg - "Voices of Our Republic" Exhibit Date Thu, 13 Feb, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 02/13/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicDistinguished Federal Appellate Judge and Editor Douglas H. Ginsburg visits the Jimmy Carter Library to discuss and sign copies of “Voices of Our Republic” , companion to the three-part upcoming PBS series, “A More or Less Perfect Union”. This inspiring coffee table book explores the …
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Fred Kaplan - "The Bomb" Exhibit Date Wed, 19 Feb, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Wed, 02/19/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicFrom the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war—and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises—from Truman to Trump. Fred Kaplan takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s “Tank” in the …
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Candacy Taylor - "Overground Railroad" Exhibit Date Mon, 24 Feb, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 02/24/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicAn award-winning documentarian delivers the first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the “Green Book”, a travel guide for black motorists, broadening our understanding of black life, leisure, and struggles for equality in twentieth-century …
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Erik Larson - "The Splendid and the Vile" Exhibit Date Wed, 26 Feb, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Wed, 02/26/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Center’s Cecil B. Day Chapel This Is A Ticketed Event Best selling author Erik Larson presents a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the blitz in conversation with Virginia Prescott, host of GPB’s “On Second Thought”. Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless”. It is a …
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Patricia Martin Holt - "Empower a Refugee, Peace of Thread and the Backyard Humanity Movement" Exhibit Date Mon, 09 Mar, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 03/09/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicRefugees who have fled famine and violence and resettled in the US too often are isolated, disconnected, living in despair. They typically have housing, food, and clothing. Yet they miss the large inter-connected families, the all-embracing …
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Carter Library and James Weldon Johnson Institute - "Panel Discussion on Reparations" Exhibit Date Fri, 28 Feb, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Fri, 02/28/2020 - 19:00 Panel Discussion Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free but Please Register The Carter Library and the James Weldon Johnson Institute at Emory University will host a panel discussion on …
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Georgia Film Academy Alumni Panel Discussion Exhibit Date Sat, 08 Feb, 2020 - 02:00 PM Exhibit Date Sat, 02/08/2020 - 14:00 Panel Discussion Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the Public Please join us in welcoming alumni from the Georgia Film Academy who will discuss their professional experiences and success here in the Peach State’s $9.2 billion film industry. Our panelists will include Ryan Lizardi (Grip- The Walking Dead, Stranger Things Season 3 ), Katie Boaen (Prop Buyer- …
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Jonathan and Emily Jordan - "The War Queens" Exhibit Date Wed, 11 Mar, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Wed, 03/11/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicFather-daughter duo Jonathan W. and Emily Anne Jordan extoll the extraordinary power and potential of women in history who walked through war’s kiln and emerged from the other side―some burnished to greatness, others burned to cinders. “ The War Queens” tells the story of the ingenious wartime …
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"CANCELED" - WABE's - "Ask a Scientist"- "CANCELED" Exhibit Date Sat, 14 Mar, 2020 - 02:00 PM Exhibit Date Sat, 03/14/2020 - 14:00 Discussion/Q & A Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicIn partnership with WABE and the Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta’s NPR station, presents scientists from different disciplines as they demystify their fields of study. Join WABE’s science reporter, Molly Samuel, and science enthusiasts of all ages, for an educational, entertaining, and …
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Andrea L. Dennis - "Rap on Trial" Exhibit Date Mon, 02 Mar, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 03/02/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the PublicThis is a groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color. “ Rap on Trial” places this disturbing practice in the context of hip hop history and exposes what’s at stake. It’s a gripping, timely exploration at the crossroads of …
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"POSTPONED" - Garfield Kwan - "Comic Strip Science/Squidtoons" Exhibit Date Wed, 18 Mar, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Wed, 03/18/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicIn partnership with the Atlanta Science Festival , The Carter Library will host the illustrator of “ Squidtoons” . These beautifully drawn, educational comics combine fun science facts about marine life, kid-friendly wit, and a strong environmental message. From whale vomit …
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"CANCELLED" - Jesse Wegman - "Let the People Pick the President" Exhibit Date Mon, 23 Mar, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 03/23/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterJesse Wegman will be in conversation with WABE’s Rose Scott Free and Open to the PublicIn “ Let the People Pick the President” , New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman makes a powerful case for abolishing the antiquated and antidemocratic Electoral College, and choosing presidents based on …
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"POSTPONED" - Nick Buccola - "The Fire Is Upon Us" Exhibit Date Tue, 24 Mar, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Tue, 03/24/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the PublicNick Buccola tells how the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate America’s racial …
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“CANCELLED” - Blythe Randolph - "Dorothy Day" Exhibit Date Thu, 26 Mar, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 03/26/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the PublicThis is the first full authoritative biography of Dorothy Day, American icon, radical pacifist, Catholic convert, and activist whom Pope Francis I compared to Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham …
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“CANCELLED” - Steve Suitts - "Overturning Brown" Exhibit Date Tue, 31 Mar, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Tue, 03/31/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the PublicCivil rights activist Steve Suitts traces the rhetoric behind the modern school choice movement to its racist roots in this slim but persuasive investigation. Though contemporary reformers tout school choice as a “social justice issue”, Suitts reveals that tax credits and …
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“CANCELLED” - Bettye Kearse - "The Other Madisons" Exhibit Date Mon, 06 Apr, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 04/06/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicA descendant of a slave named Coreen and, according to oral tradition, President James Madison—finally shares her family story, exploring legacy, race, and the powerful consequences of telling the whole …
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“CANCELLED” - Matthew Kroenig - "The Return of Great Power Rivalry" Exhibit Date Thu, 09 Apr, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 04/09/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicThe United States of America has been the most powerful country in the world for over seventy years, but recently the U.S. National Security Strategy declared that the return of great power competition with Russia and China is the greatest threat to U.S. …
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"CANCELLED” - Sylvia Harvey - "The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family" Exhibit Date Tue, 21 Apr, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Tue, 04/21/2020 - 19:00 Lecture/Book Signing Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the Public “The Shadow System” is a searing expose of the effects of the mass incarceration crisis on families-including the 2.7 million American children who have a parent locked up. Award-winning journalist Sylvia A. Harvey follows the fears, …