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  • Satirical Racism: Afro-Brazilian Activism

    The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a lecture about Afro-Brazilian satirical racism. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Program This lecture presents satire, irony, and parody as a means to contest racist structures through media […]

  • Ground Crew: Honoring Unknown Civil Rights Activists

    The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Atlanta Preservation Center and the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a virtual event to celebrate the winners of the Ground Crew student essay contest. Author Kate Clifford Larson (above right), and Baton Foundation founder and president Anthony Knight will engage the […]

  • Hosea Williams: A Lifetime of Defiance and Protest

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

    The 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Amazing Grace

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

    The 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 […]

  • AILEY

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

    The 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 […]