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  • Hush No More!: A Documentary

    The Baton Foundation, Inc., in collaboration with Hush No More! and Comfort in The Storm, will host a film screening about domestic violence, sexual assault and abuse, and trauma in […]

  • Wakanda Forever: Remembering the Life and Work of Chadwick Boseman

    The Baton Foundation will host a community discussion to celebrate Chadwick Boseman’s life and extraordinary work. This program is free. Registration is required. About the Program The world seemed to stop, if only briefly, when Chadwick Aaron Boseman died on August 28, 2020. His short life was exceptional and steeped in history. Over the course […]

  • Homemade Citizenship: All But Inviting Injury

    The Baton Foundation is thrilled to host an author discussion about American citizenship vis-à-vis the Black experience in the United States. This program is free, but registration is required. Program […]

  • Contagions of Empire: A Conversation With Professor Khary Polk

    The Baton Foundation is excited to host an author discussion with Professor Khary Polk about his recently published book, Contagions of Empire. This program is free, but registration is required. About the Book Contagions of Empire: Scientific Racism, Sexuality, and Black Military Workers Abroad, 1898-1948 (University of North Carolina Press, June 2020) examines how the movement […]

  • A Sense of Connection

    The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History is proud to present a film screening of A Sense of Connection—a documentary […]

  • Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Documentary Portrait of an Early Civil Rights Pioneer, 1900-1959

    The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library for African American Culture and History, is thrilled to offer a lecture about the life and work of civil rights activist Helen Nannie Burroughs. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879–1961) is one […]