Hosea Williams: A Lifetime of Defiance and Protest
Auburn Avenue Research Library 101 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesThe Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, in collaboration with Hosea Helps, A Cappella Books and The Baton Foundation, is honored to host a virtual lecture and on-site lecture and book signing to recognize Hosea L. Williams’ 96th birthday (January 5, 1926). Dr. Rolundus R. Rice will discuss his latest publication, Hosea Williams: […]
Welcome to the Terror Ship: Slavery and Resistance at Sea
The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a lecture about the realities of the slave ship -- its role in supporting the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and as the incubator of Black resistance and culture. This program is free to the public, but registration […]
Frederick Douglass and the Emancipatory Power of Science
The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a lecture about the emancipatory power of science. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Program Frederick Douglass is remembered as one of the greatest abolitionists and orators in American […]
Being La Dominicana: Race and Identity in the Visual Culture of Santo Domingo
The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a virtual lecture about the representation of Dominican women. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book In her book, Being La Dominicana: Race and Identity in the Visual Culture […]
Reimagining Liberation: Black Women, Citizenship & the French Empire
The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a virtual lecture about the decisive role Black women played in the decolonial movements of the mid-twentieth century. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book Black women living in […]
Fear of Black Consciousness
The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a virtual lecture about Black consciousness from a leading philosopher. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book In this original and penetrating work, Lewis R. Gordon, one of the […]
A House Built by Slaves
The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a lecture about Black visitors to the Lincoln White House and their impact on him and race relations in the country. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book In […]
The Black Intellectual Tradition
The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a lecture about the many thought perspectives behind the fight for racial justice as developed by various segments of the Black community. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book […]
Amazing Grace
Auburn Avenue Research Library 101 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesThe Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host an in-person film screening that traces the behind-the-scenes recording of Aretha Franklin’s best-selling album. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Film Recorded in January 1972 at the New Temple […]
AILEY
Auburn Avenue Research Library 101 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA, United StatesThe Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host an in-person film screening about the life, work and legacy of Alvin Ailey. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Film Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation […]
The Spirit of Soul Food
The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a lecture about the confluence of the history of Black American foodways with a Christian ethical response to food injustice. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book Soul food […]
Birth of a White Nation
The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a lecture about the social construction of race through the invention of white people. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People […]