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SUMMARY:Howard Thurman’s Atlanta: Nonviolence\, Civil Rights\, and Mystical Thought
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAbout the Program\nUsing Peter Eisenstadt’s book\, Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman (University of Virginia Press\, 2021)\, as the backdrop\, distinguished Howard Thurman scholars Luther E. Smith\, Jr. (Emory Professor Emeritus) and Peter Eisenstadt\, will engage each other in a conversation about Howard Thurman’s life and work in Atlanta. \nAn early pacifist and the first African American to meet Mahatma Gandhi\, Reverend Thurman often is overlooked in the pages of history as a foundational proponent of nonviolent direct action. A nationally recognized human rights advocate\, Thurman would serve as spiritual advisor to James Farmer and Pauli Murray (founding members of C.O.R.E.)\, Marian Wright Edelman (Children’s Defense Fund)\, Reverend Jesse Jackson\, Vernon Jordan (National Urban League)\, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, and other civil rights activists. \nIntegral to Thurman’s development and to the trajectory of his career was the time he spent in Atlanta. From his years as a student at Morehouse College\, his return to campus in 1928 for a dual appointment in religion and philosophy at Morehouse and Spelman Colleges\, and decades of speaking engagements in the city\, Atlanta figured prominently in his life. This program is designed to give the speakers great latitude to converse about Thurman’s life in Atlanta\, his impact on the city and one of its most influential and beloved native sons. \nAbout the Speakers\nPeter Eisenstadt\, Ph.D.\, was Associate Editor of the Howard Thurman Papers Project and is an affiliate member of the Clemson University history department. He is author of Rochdale Village: Robert Moses\, 6\,000 Families\, and New York City’s Great Experiment in Integrated Housing. \nLuther E. Smith\, Jr.\, Ph.D.\, is Professor Emeritus of Church and Community\, Candler School of Theology of Emory University (Atlanta\, Georgia)\, at which he served on the faculty for thirty-five years. \nWhile at Emory University\, Dr. Smith served as president of the University Senate\, president of the University’s Faculty Council\, and as Candler’s Associate Dean for Faculty Development. Professor Smith writes and speaks extensively on issues of church and society\, congregational renewal\, meanings and dynamics of community\, interfaith cooperation\, Christian spirituality\, and the thought of Howard Thurman. He is the author of Howard Thurman: The Mystic as Prophet\, Intimacy and Mission: Intentional Community as Crucible for Radical Discipleship\, and editor of Howard Thurman: Essential Writings. Dr. Smith is the Senior Advisory Editor for the five-volume papers project The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman (the second largest papers project on an African American). His book\, Hope is Here! Spiritual Practices for Justice and Beloved Community\, is being published by Westminster John Knox Press and will be released in November 2023. \nIn recognition of his scholarship\, teaching\, and community service\, Dr. Smith has received numerous awards and professional accolades. He helped to found the International Community School and the Interfaith Children’s Movement\, and currently serves as the coordinator for the Pan-Methodist Campaign for Children in Poverty. \nReverend Smith is an ordained minister of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. He lives in Stone Mountain\, Georgia with his wife Helen. They have four children and five granddaughters. \nRegister Here for Zoom Lecture
URL:https://thebatonfoundation.org/event/howard-thurmans-atlanta-nonviolence-civil-rights-and-mystical-thought/
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SUMMARY:King: A Life
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAbout the Book\nVividly written and exhaustively researched\, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life (Macmillan\, 2023) is the first major biography in decades of civil rights icon Martin Luther King\, Jr. — and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world\, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. Eig casts fresh light on the King family’s origins as well as MLK’s complex relationships with his wife\, father\, and fellow activists. King reveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods\, a citizen hunted by his own government\, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death. As he follows MLK from the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham\, Selma\, and Memphis\, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became our only modern-day founding father—as well as the nation’s most mourned martyr. \nIn this landmark biography\, Jonathan Eig gives us an MLK for our times: a deep thinker\, a brilliant strategist\, and a committed radical who led one of history’s greatest movements\, and whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime. \nAbout the Speakers\nJonathan Eig is a former senior writer for The Wall Street Journal. He is the New York Times bestselling author of several books\, including Ali: A Life\, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig\, and Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season. Ken Burns calls him “a master storyteller\,” and Eig’s books have been listed among the best of the year by The Washington Post\, Chicago Tribune\, Sports Illustrated\, and Slate. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children. \nKiplyn Primus is a journalist\, strategic marketing professional\, and host of WCLK’s (91.9) The Local Take with Kiplyn Primus—a public affairs show that features discussions about critical issues facing Atlanta and profiles organizations engaged in important work in the station’s constituent communities. \nMs. Primus has had a long career in public and commercial media\, including stints with The Atlanta Tribune\, Global Atlanta\, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Her work in strategic marketing focuses on health\, finance and the tech industry\, including Goldman Sachs and the DeKalb Hospital Authority. In addition\, she has written extensively on global and local initiatives for several publications and media outlets. Kiplyn is also a veteran facilitator with the Atlanta-based StoryCorps studio—the largest oral history project in the United States. \nMs. Primus received a BA degree in journalism and English from Howard University (Washington\, D.C.) and an MBA in marketing from Clark Atlanta University (Atlanta\, GA). \nRegister Here for Zoom Lecture
URL:https://thebatonfoundation.org/event/king-a-life/
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