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James Weldon Johnson Institute - "Public Dialogue on Race and Difference" Exhibit Date Thu, 19 Nov, 2020 - 06:00 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 11/19/2020 - 18:00 Online Panel Discussion Free Online - You must register at: https://emory.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CgMF3TpYTvCpFPFtNpQT_w Panel Discussion on Elections 2020: What Happened and Why? The Carter Presidential Library and Emory’s James Weldon Johnson Institute present a free public dialogue on “Elections 2020: What Happened and Why? ” JWJI Director,Andra …
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Karen Sherman - "Brick by Brick: Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Survivors Everywhere" Exhibit Date Tue, 01 Dec, 2020 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Tue, 12/01/2020 - 19:00 Online Discussion Free and Open to the PublicDetails at: https://www.acappellabooks.com/pages/events/687/karen-sherman-brick-by-brick-virtual-event In her powerful memoir, longstanding international women’s rights advocate Karen Sherman weaves the stories of valiant women who survived war and conflict with the intimate journey of …
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Planning for the Future: President Carter and the Energy Crisis, Session One Exhibit Date Tue, 02 Feb, 2021 - 11:00 AM Exhibit Date Tue, 02/02/2021 - 11:00 On February 2, 1977, less than two weeks after assuming the Presidency, Jimmy Carter addressed the nation in a televised “fireside chat” to speak to Americans about the looming Energy Crisis. What tools and resources does the Constitution provide the Executive branch to take on such a crisis? What role do the other branches of government play? How did …
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Planning for the Future: President Carter and the Energy Crisis, Session Two Exhibit Date Tue, 02 Feb, 2021 - 02:00 PM Exhibit Date Tue, 02/02/2021 - 14:00 On February 2, 1977, less than two weeks after assuming the Presidency, Jimmy Carter addressed the nation in a televised “fireside chat” to speak to Americans about the looming Energy Crisis. What tools and resources does the Constitution provide the Executive branch to take on such a crisis? What role do the other branches of government play? How did …
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Larry Tye - "Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy" with Mike King Exhibit Date Thu, 17 Dec, 2020 - 06:00 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 12/17/2020 - 18:00 Online Zoom Program https://zoom.us/j/95036317353#success Free and Open to the Public Demagogue is the definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on first-ever review of his personal and professional papers, medical and military records, and recently unsealed transcripts of his closed-door Congressional …
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Roy Richard Grinker - Discussion of book "Nobody's Normal" with Gail Evans Exhibit Date Thu, 04 Feb, 2021 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 02/04/2021 - 19:00 Online Google Meet https://meet.google.com/nrj-bjgh-omt?authuser=0 In Nobody’s Normal , anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness stigma—from the eighteenth century, through America’s major wars, and into today’s high-tech economy. It is a compassionate and captivating examination of …
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Electing Our Presidents Teacher Workshop, Session One Exhibit Date Wed, 24 Feb, 2021 - 04:30 PM Exhibit Date Wed, 02/24/2021 - 16:30 Educators from the Hoover, Truman, Carter, Clinton and Reagan Presidential Libraries will be hosting “Electing Our Presidents.” This professional development webinar will examine the question “Does our process of electing our president best serve the American people?” To join either session, please complete the Online Registration Form …
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Electing Our Presidents Teacher Workshop, Session Two Exhibit Date Thu, 25 Feb, 2021 - 06:30 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 02/25/2021 - 18:30 Educators from the Hoover, Truman, Carter, Clinton and Reagan Presidential Libraries will be hosting “Electing Our Presidents.” This professional development webinar will examine the question “Does our process of electing our president best serve the American people?” To join either session, please complete the Online Registration Form …
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Micah Johnson & Abdul El-Sayad - Discuss their book - "Medicare for All" Exhibit Date Mon, 08 Mar, 2021 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 03/08/2021 - 19:00 Online Discussion https://zoom.us/j/98656629726#success Free and Open to the PublicTwo public health experts bring us the most clear-eyed treatise available on America’s most debated—and popular—public policy. This is short, clear exploration of the prospects and perils of enacting a Medicare for All policy in the United …
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Martha Teichner - Discuss her book - "When Harry Met Minnie" with Gail Evans Exhibit Date Tue, 23 Mar, 2021 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Tue, 03/23/2021 - 19:00 Online Discussion https://zoom.us/j/92553786057#success Free and Open to the Public“When Harry Met Minnie” is a memoir of love and loss, of being in the right place at the right time, and of the mysterious ways a beloved pet can bring people together. From CBS Sunday Morning News correspondent and multi-Emmy-Award-winning Martha Teichner. She will be in …
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Jay Hakes - "Energy Crisis" Exhibit Date Mon, 05 Apr, 2021 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 04/05/2021 - 19:00 Online Conversation https://zoom.us/j/91705825959 Free and Open to the Public In “Energy Crises,” Jay Hakes brings his expertise in energy and presidential history to bear on the questions of why these crises occurred, how different choices might have prevented or ameliorated them, and what they have meant for the half-century since—and likely the half-century ahead. Hakes is the former administrator …
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Robert Strauss - "John Marshall: The Final Founder" Exhibit Date Wed, 07 Apr, 2021 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Wed, 04/07/2021 - 19:00 Online Conversation https://zoom.us/j/96665579404 Free and Open to the Public Eighteenth- and 19th-century contemporaries believed John Marshall to be, if not the equal of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, at least very close to that pantheon. In his new book, journalist and historian Robert Strauss recounts how the Chief Justice acted as the glue that held the union …
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Kai Bird - "Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter" Exhibit Date Sun, 18 Apr, 2021 - 12:12 PM Exhibit Date Sun, 04/18/2021 - 12:12 Author Program June 16 at 7pm Online: Zoom Webinar Drawing on interviews with Carter and members of his administration and recently declassified documents, Kai Bird delivers a profound, clear-eyed evaluation of a leader whose legacy has been deeply misunderstood. “The Outlier” is the definitive account of an enigmatic presidency—both as it really happened and as …
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A Towering Task - "The Story of the Peace Corps" Exhibit Date Mon, 29 Mar, 2021 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 03/29/2021 - 19:00 Online Panel Discussion at https://meet.google.com/txt-xhtz-fgt?authuser=0&hs=122 Free and Open to the Public“A Towering Task” tells the history of the Peace Corps from its inception during the Kennedy Administration to today. Attendees will have the opportunity to screen the film in advance and then join in the panel discussion on March 29th. The advance screening is available …
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Discussion of the upcoming documentary “Carterland” Exhibit Date Tue, 13 Apr, 2021 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Tue, 04/13/2021 - 19:00 Online Discussion and Movie Preview New UPDATED Link: Click here to register. Free and Open to the PublicThe new documentary “ Carte rland” premieres at the Atlanta Film Festival. Filmmakers Jim and Will Pattiz join author Jonathan Alter, historian Bob Strong and Steve Hochman, Assistant to President Jimmy Carter for a discussion of the film and the Carter …
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Charles Person - Discussion of the book "Buses Are A Comin'" with Andra Gillespie Exhibit Date Sun, 18 Apr, 2021 - 11:50 AM Exhibit Date Sun, 04/18/2021 - 11:50 Author Program May 3 at 7pm Online: Zoom Webinar “Buses Are a Comin’” provides a front-row view of the struggle to belong in America, as Charles Person, the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, accompanies his colleagues off the bus, into the station, into the mob, and into history to help defeat segregation’s violent grip on African American …
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Daniel James Brown - Discussion of the book "Facing the Mountain" with Jonathan Jordan Exhibit Date Sun, 18 Apr, 2021 - 11:59 AM Exhibit Date Sun, 04/18/2021 - 11:59 Author Program May 18 at 7pm Online : Zoom Webinar “Facing the Mountain” is an unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of Europe. Based on Daniel James Brown’s extensive interviews with the families of the protagonists as well as deep archival research, it portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American …
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Lynden Harris - Discussion of the Book "Right Here, Right Now" with Lisa Armstrong Exhibit Date Sun, 18 Apr, 2021 - 12:08 PM Exhibit Date Sun, 04/18/2021 - 12:08 Author program May 25 at 7pm Online: Google Meet “Right Here, Right Now” is a collection of powerful, first-person stories of dozens of men on death rows across the country. From childhood experiences living with poverty, hunger, and violence to mental illness and police misconduct to coming to terms with their executions, these men outline their …
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Gary Francis, author of "Just Harvest" Exhibit Date Thu, 17 Jun, 2021 - 01:55 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 06/17/2021 - 13:55 Monday, June 21 at 7pm Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93077792878 Gary Francis, author of “Just Harvest” Why have so many people never heard of Pigford vs. Glickman? Or the follow-up lawsuit, Pigford II? Or the Black Farmers Case, as the pair of these legal actions is often called Could it be that the heart-wrenching story of Black farmers in America, and the monumental legal case that brought …
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Virtual Author Program: Co-Author: Andrew Aydin: Run: Book One by John Lewis (illustrated by Nate Powell and L. Fury) Exhibit Date Tue, 29 Jun, 2021 - 10:45 AM Exhibit Date Tue, 06/29/2021 - 10:45 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 …