Howard Thurman’s Atlanta: Nonviolence, Civil Rights, and Mystical Thought

The Baton Foundation will host a conversation about the role Atlanta played in the life and work of Howard Thurman. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Program Using Peter Eisenstadt’s book, Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman (University of Virginia Press, 2021), as the […]

King: A Life

The Baton Foundation will host a conversation with author Jonathan Eig about his new biography of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life (Macmillan, 2023) is the first major biography in decades […]

Afro-Hispanic Painter Juan de Pareja

The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter (April 3 – July 16, 2023). This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Program Dr. David Pullins, associate curator in the Department of European Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of […]

Georgia’s Long Struggle Toward Democracy: The Role of the Press, Then and Now

The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the role of Black press leaders in Georgia’s ongoing struggle for democracy. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Program Georgia and its capital city, Atlanta, have long played a central role in the U.S. struggle to achieve the democratic ideals […]

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