Virtual Lecture
In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America
The Baton Foundation, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a lecture about the struggle Black women and girls faced in Antebellum America to secure their educational rights. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book In In Pursuit of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]