Get Off My Neck

Auburn Avenue Research Library 101 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the injustices and racial inequities in the U.S. criminal legal system. This in-person program is free to the public. About the Book In Get Off My Neck (MIT Press, 2024) Debbie Hines draws on her unique perspective as a trial lawyer, former Baltimore prosecutor, and assistant attorney […]

Before the Movement

The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the hidden history of Black civil rights. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book In a brilliant rethinking of civil rights, Dylan C. Penningroth’s Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2023) changes the […]

Black Elders: The Meaning of Age in American Slavery and Freedom

The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the importance of Black elders during the eras of enslavement and emancipation. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book Would there have been a Frederick Douglass if it were not for Betsy Bailey, the grandmother who raised him? Would Harriet […]

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