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SUMMARY:Toddler Storytime: Snow Much Fun!
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member \n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member \n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nToddler Storytime is included with the cost of admission. To reserve your spot\, add your general admission tickets to your cart. You will then be prompted to register for Toddler Storytime.  \n\n\n\nFrom chilly tunes to frosty stories\, you’ll have snow much fun with us this January as we jump into a winter wonderland of playtime. We’ll even have an un-brr-lievable craft for you to create! \n\n\n\nPlease note\, this event offers two separate reading times at 10am & 11am. Each reading requires its own ticket and features the same book and activities. \n\n\n\nPurchase of Toddler Storytime tickets includes entry to all Atlanta History Center exhibits and grounds.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/toddler-storytime-snow-much-fun/
LOCATION:Atlanta History Center\, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Family Events,Main Campus
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SUMMARY:History on the Rocks: Atlanta '96
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $20.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member. $15.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nSave your spot early and enjoy discounted tickets — just $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers! Same day price is $25. \n\n\n\nWith the 2026 Olympics just around the corner\, look back with us to when the Olympics came to Atlanta 30 years ago! Join us on Wednesday\, January 14 for the first History on the Rocks of 2026\, dedicated to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Hold an actual Olympic torch in your hands\, see our exhibition Atlanta ’96. Shaping an Olympic and Paralympic City\, and join us for a mini-Museum Olympics for a chance to win a prize!
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/history-on-the-rocks-atlanta-96/
LOCATION:Atlanta History Center\, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:After Hours,Main Campus
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SUMMARY:Homeschool Day: Hark! It's History!
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members \n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members \n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nHomeschool Day is included with the cost of admission. To reserve your spot\, add your general admission tickets to your cart. You will then be prompted to register for Homeschool Day.  \n\n\n\nWe’re headed to Europe this Homeschool Day to unpack the history of the Middle Ages. From storied tales of knights in shining armor\, to Gothic architecture and the rulers that lived within them\, we’ll discover the era’s rise\, fall\, and everything in-between!
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/homeschool-day-hark-its-history/
LOCATION:Atlanta History Center\, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Main Campus
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SUMMARY:Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:Reserve Your Ticket. Free\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nAtlanta History Center’s King Day program\, I Influence the Dream\, invites visitors to trace the arc of Atlanta’s role in the Civil Rights Movement over the course of generations. Through exhibits\, talks with area experts\, and interactive experiences for the whole family\, hear stories that highlight Atlanta’s Civil Rights scene at the turn of the 20th century\, the powerful work of Dr. King in the 1950s and 1960s\, and how we continue to be influenced by his legacy today. \n\n\n\nThis program is presented in collaboration with Atlanta Influences Everything\, a brand and creative consultancy focused on combining civic\, corporate and cultural understanding to harness the influence of Atlanta culture to do good and connect communities. \n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Reserve Your Ticket. Free\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			In Collaboration\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n												\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	\n\n					\n									\n\n			\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			Sponsored by\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n												\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	\n					\n									\n\n			\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			Family Resources\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n												\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  The Route to Dr. King\n              \n                  \n        Come explore how the Pullman Porters influenced Dr. King’s journey into one of the most well-known boycotts of the Civil Rights Movement. \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Button Making\n              \n                  \n        Take part in the activism of King Day by designing and creating your very own button to take home! \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Family Trivia\n              \n                  \n        From 12-1pm\, show off your knowledge of Atlanta’s Civil Rights history! Everyone can compete to win fun prizes. \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Money Behind the Movement\n              \n                  \n        Discover the difference a dollar makes by exploring the influence of the Herndon family\, Atlanta’s first Black millionaires\, who helped to fund the Civil Rights Movement. \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Gatheround Self-Guided Experience\n              \n                  \n        Use our Gatheround Exhibit to experience a curated series of artifacts highlighting the foundations of Dr. King’s dream in Atlanta and the realities of social change over the span of over 150 years! \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Community Storytelling Corner: Voices of Atlanta Recordings\n              \n                  \n        Share your own thoughts on the history of civil rights in Atlanta and how Atlanta influences you through our community recordings! \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Building Blocks\n              \n                  \n        Dr. King was influenced and supported by many people throughout his life. Stop by to learn about how some of these people fit together to help build the Civil Rights Movement. \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Goizueta Children’s Experience\n              \n                  \n        Explore the joys and wonders of the Goizueta Children’s Experience. Children ages 0–8 can engage in immersive play inspired by Atlanta’s history and culture. Step into the shoes of a historian at our Be a Curator station\, bring your stories to life at our mini–Fox Theatre\, and let your creativity flow at our Creator Hub.\n \nA limited number of timed tickets are available for reservation on site.\n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n\n			\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			Panels and Talks\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n												\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Herndon Home Talk 11:00am\n              \n                  \n        Hear from Mary Ilonah\, Museum Operations Manager of the Herndon Home\, a National Historic Landmark built by Atlanta’s first Black millionaire\, Alonzo Herndon. Learn Herndon’s story\, involvement with Civil Rights leaders like Booker T. Washington\, W.E.B. DuBois\, and the King family\, and the impact he and his son\, Norris\, had on Atlanta’s Civil Rights scene. \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Pullman Porter Descendent Talk 1:00pm\n              \n                  \n        Learn from Atlanta native Tonya Austin as she recounts the story of her grandfather\, Marion Boykin Armstrong Sr.\, a Pullman Porter of the Southern Railway System for over thirty years. \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Panel Conversation 2:00pm\n              \n                  \n        100 Years of Influences brings together iconic voices—including Bem Joiner—for a powerful conversation about Dr. King’s legacy and Atlanta’s cultural\, political\, and creative impact. \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n\n			\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			Ongoing Activities\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n												\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  MLK Quest\n              \n                  \n        Explore exhibits\, activities\, and more around our campus through this interactive scavenger hunt. Follow clues that highlight Atlanta’s role in shaping Dr. King’s dream and modern creative influence. When you finish\, earn prizes that celebrate Atlanta pride\, creativity\, and community connection! \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Wish Wall\n              \n                  \n        Leave your wish for Atlanta’s future on our Wish Wall\, created as part of the Wish Wall initiative for America’s 250th anniversary by Made by Us. \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Music\n              \n                  \n        Keep the energy high in the Ballroom with a vibrant soundtrack from DJ Hill\, blending classics and contemporary favorites that honor the spirit of the day. \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Photo Opps\n              \n                  \n        Snap your own photos at our activated photo booth! \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n	  \n              \n                  Shopping\n              \n                  \n        For a limited time\, purchase merch co-created by Atlanta History Center and Atlanta Influences Everything to celebrate the AHC Centennial! \n\n      \n      \n	\n					\n									\n\n			\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n\n							Vendors\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n												\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	\n					\n									\n						\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n      \n        \n		  \n      \n    \n  \n\n	\n\n					\n									\n\n			\n\n\n\n\n\nCheck out more of our stories through the UnderCurrent.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/martin-luther-king-jr-day-2026/
LOCATION:Atlanta History Center\, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Events,Public Programs
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SUMMARY:Lynn Cullen
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $12.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member. $6.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insider. Free.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on the day of the event. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nThey were an unlikely pair—a blond bombshell and a photographer determined to be taken seriously—but Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold would make a deal that would change their lives in this dazzling new novel from the national bestselling author of Mrs. Poe and The Woman with the Cure. \n\n\n\nIn 1952\, Norma Jeane Baker follows documentary photographer Eve Arnold into a powder room on the night they first meet. She has a proposition for her. Norma Jeane created Marilyn Monroe to be photographed\, and she wants Eve to do it. Eve is better than anyone she’s seen at revealing a person’s inner truth. Together they can help each other. Together\, she says\, they can make something brilliant.Skeptical of this cipher of a young woman\, Eve demurs. She’s looking for more serious subjects than this ambitious starlet. But she keeps getting drawn back into Marilyn’s orbit\, and the women come to recognize something in each other—something fundamental. Nothing will get in the way of what they want\, and when Marilyn’s star takes off to teetering heights\, neither will ever be the same.A lavish and transporting novel\, When We Were Brilliant captures the halcyon days of an icon and the grit of women determining their own futures as it explores the exceptional and complicated friendship between Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nLynn Cullen’s bestselling novels\, including The Woman with the Cure\, The Sisters of Summit Avenue\, Mrs. Poe\, Twain’s End\, The Creation of Eve\, and Reign of Madness\, have been translated into seventeen languages and are the recipients of various honors\, including NPR Great Read\, Oprah Book of the Week\, People Magazine Book of the Week\, Indie Next Selection\, and Atlanta Magazine Best of the Year. She lives in Atlanta.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/lynn-cullen/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Road\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Main Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260126T140000
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SUMMARY:“King George III and the British View of the American Revolution”
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members Full Lecture Series Package. $140.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members and Insiders Full Lecture Series Package. $130.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Individual Lecture. $35.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nPlease note that the series package includes all 7 lectures taking place every Monday from January 26 to March 9\, 2026. Tickets for individual lectures are also available for purchase for $35 each. \n\n\n\nWas George III really a vicious tyrant\, or a “crowned ass\,” as Thomas Paine claimed in Common Sense?  No; he made mistakes and could be stubborn\, but he was also a conscientious ruler who simply was not able to accept the idea of American independence. In this lecture\, we’ll see how the Revolution looked from the British point of view\, including the experience of soldiers\, politicians\, writers\, and common people on both sides of the Atlantic. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Lecturer\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\nDr. Patrick Allitt is the Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University.  He was born and raised in England\, was an undergraduate at Oxford\, a PhD student at the University of California\, Berkeley\, and has taught at Emory since 1988. He is the author of seven books\, most recently A Climate of Crisis: America in the Age of Environmentalism (Penguin\, 2014). He is also the presenter of twelve video and audio lecture series with “The Great Courses\,” most recently How Railways Transformed the World (2024).
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/king-george-iii-and-the-british-view-of-the-american-revolution/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Main Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T190000
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CREATED:20251205T152552Z
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SUMMARY:Valerie J. Frey
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $12.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member. $6.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insider. Free.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on the day of the event. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\nPlease note that the speaker welcomes program participants to bring knitting or other quiet handiwork to do as they listen.  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nMany early Georgia cookbooks and recipes still survive\, though most have slipped into obscurity. Preserved in archives\, they reveal both long-forgotten dishes and vivid details about everyday life in the past. In this presentation\, archivist and writer Valerie J. Frey—author of Georgia’s Historical Recipes: Seeking Our State’s Oldest Written Foodways and the Stories Behind Them (UGA Press\, 2025)—guides audiences through recipes from 1733 to 1945 with a historian’s eye. \n\n\n\nDiscover the cooks of yesteryear and sample the culinary history of Georgia\, the South\, and the United States through historic foodways. The talk highlights early Atlanta-area cookbooks\, including Frey’s rediscovery of Marietta’s 1885 House-Keeping in the Sunny South by E. R. Tennent\, now reprinted by UGA Press. \n\n\n\nGeorgia’s Historical Recipes traces the state’s food traditions from the antebellum era through World War II. Frey begins by showing how old recipes function as primary sources and how they can be adapted for modern kitchens. She then presents fifty concise sections that illuminate the evolution of Georgia’s foodways. \n\n\n\nSome chapters spotlight a single recipe to show how changes in technology\, agriculture\, transportation\, communication\, and social patterns reshaped Georgia’s kitchens. Many of the featured recipes—previously unpublished—have been unearthed from archival collections. Other chapters explore the state’s earliest cookbooks\, offering biographical and cultural context. For the first time\, Georgians receive a guide to the state’s early cookbooks\, its culinary figures\, and where to locate its oldest recipes—a true invitation to taste Georgia’s past. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nValerie J. Frey is a writer and archivist from Athens\, Georgia with projects focusing on genealogy\, historical foodways\, and the everyday home life of our ancestors.  Valerie holds degrees from the University of Georgia and the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville.  Her archives career began with a Junior Fellowship in the Manuscripts Division at the Library of Congress and she went on to serve as an archivist at the Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Archives.  She now writes full time.  Preserving Family Recipes:  How to Save and Celebrate Your Food Traditions was released in 2015 through the University of Georgia Press.  In 2025\, UGA Press released her newest book\, Georgia’s Historical Recipes:  Seeking Our State’s Oldest Written Foodways and the Stories Behind Them.  During her research project\, Valerie rediscovered an 1885 cookbook from Marietta entitled House-Keeping in the Sunny South that was subsequently reprinted in 2025 by UGA Press with a foreword and indexing by Valerie.  \n\n\n\nPublished with the generous support of Bradley Hale Fund for Southern Studies by University of Georgia Press
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/valerie-j-frey/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Road\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Main Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T190000
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SUMMARY:Livingston Lecture featuring Ken Belson
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $12.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member. $6.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insider. Free.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on the day of the event. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nA  New York Times  Notable Book of 2025 – One of Barnes & Noble’s Best Sports Books of 2025  From veteran New York Times Business & NFL reporter\, Ken Belson\, a deeply-reported account of how the NFL’s Commissioner\, Roger Goodell\, and its two most powerful owners\, Jerry Jones & Robert Kraft\, turned the league into a cultural phenomenon.  On February 11\, 2024\, NFL Commissioner\, Roger Goodell\, & the league’s two most powerful owners\, Jerry Jones & Robert Kraft\, looked down at the spectacle before them. What they saw was the sport’s championship game\, the Super Bowl—now a de facto national holiday—being played in a shiny new $2B stadium\, home to the first franchise based in Las Vegas\, after the league’s embrace of nationwide gambling. The moment was over 30 years in the making. As one of Goodell’s colleagues said: “Roger doesn’t view the other leagues as competition. He wants to be mentioned with Disney and the Vatican\, these massive institutions.”  In Every Day is Sunday\, Ken Belson traces the evolution of the league from “one of the four US professional sports\,” to the superpower it is today. Belson illustrates how the league’s rise coincided with the arrival of Jones & Kraft in the early 90’s. He provides an inside look on how these two men reshaped the league\, taking readers into the secretive owner’s meeting\, how they decided Goodell was the right man to place as Commissioner\, and how the three built\, wielded\, and held on to their collective power.  Perfect for fans of The Dynasty and Big Game\, Belson provides a unique peek behind the curtain of how America’s favorite sport achieved its status—and how these three men let nothing stand in their way.  \n\n\n\nThe Livingston Lectures are made possible with generous funding from the Livingston Foundation of Atlanta. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nKen Belson rejoined The New York Times’s Business section in 2023 to write about the business of sports after spending 14 years in the Sports department\, primarily covering the N.F.L. Belson reports on the teams and personalities of the N.F.L.\, including finances\, stadiums\, medical issues\, lawsuits and more. He lives in New York with his wife. You can follow him @el_belson on X.  \n\n\n\nThis event will take place inside of the atrium. Please enter through the museum front doors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Tickets
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/livingston-lecture-featuring-ken-belson/
LOCATION:Kennedy Theater\, 130 W Paces Ferry Rd\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Main Campus
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SUMMARY:"Pierce Butler and the Revolution in the American South”
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members Full Lecture Series Package. $140.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members and Insiders Full Lecture Series Package. $130.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Individual Lecture. $35.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nPlease note that the series package includes all 7 lectures taking place every Monday from January 26 to March 9\, 2026. Tickets for individual lectures are also available for purchase for $35 each. \n\n\n\nPierce Butler was a British military officer who dramatically switched his allegiance to America prior to the Revolution. His military and political leadership in the cause of American liberty helped to launch the United States as an enduring republic. Yet\, in an age defined by American freedom\, Butler invested his wealth in plantation slavery\, a decision that would lead to scandals that bedeviled his family across subsequent generations. Butler’s family story illustrates the ways in which the American Revolution turned slavery into a moral problem that the Revolutionaries themselves struggled to resolve. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Lecturer\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\nDr. Jeffrey Young teaches history at Georgia State University\, where he offers classes on early American history and Georgia history. His research has focused on slavery in America and on the intersections between American political culture and American family life. His book\, Domesticating Slavery: The Master Class in Georgia and South Carolina\, was published by the University of North Carolina Press and his articles have appeared in the Journal of Southern History and the Georgia Historical Quarterly.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/pierce-butler-and-the-revolution-in-the-american-south/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Main Campus
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SUMMARY:Toddler Storytime: The Power of Positivity
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member \n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member \n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nToddler Storytime is included with the cost of admission. To reserve your spot\, add your general admission tickets to your cart. You will then be prompted to register for Toddler Storytime.  \n\n\n\nFind out what makes positivity your very own superpower! Through inspirational stories and an encouraging craft\, you don’t want to leave this Toddler Storytime without showing off your special skills. \n\n\n\nPlease note\, this event offers two separate reading times at 10am & 11am. Each reading requires its own ticket and features the same book and activities. \n\n\n\nPurchase of Toddler Storytime tickets includes entry to all Atlanta History Center exhibits and grounds.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/toddler-storytime-the-power-of-positivity/
LOCATION:Atlanta History Center\, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Family Events,Main Campus
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UID:10000265-1770645600-1770645600@www.atlantahistorycenter.com
SUMMARY:"Why George Washington Matters”
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members Full Lecture Series Package. $140.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members and Insiders Full Lecture Series Package. $130.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Individual Lecture. $35.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nPlease note that the series package includes all 7 lectures taking place every Monday from January 26 to March 9\, 2026. Tickets for individual lectures are also available for purchase for $35 each. \n\n\n\nAt a time of decreasing civic knowledge\, assaults on democracy around the world\, hyper-partisanship at home\, and anxiety about the character of the American experiment\, the stories and values that we can learn from the example of George Washington are as significant as ever.  \n\n\n\nCome hear Dr. Douglas Bradburn\, President & CEO of George Washington’s Mount Vernon\, an award-winning historian and leader in American public history\, share the latest news from America’s most storied historic site and the ongoing importance of the legacy of George Washington. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Lecturer\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\nDr. Douglas Bradburn is President and CEO of George Washington’s Mount Vernon and the former Founding Director of the George Washington Presidential Library. A well-known scholar of early American history\, he has written The Citizenship Revolution: Politics and the Creation of the American Union\, 1774-1804\, and three anthologies\, including Early Modern Virginia: Reconsidering the Old Dominion. He co-founded and is the editor of a book series\, Early American Histories\, and is the winner of numerous awards\, grants\, and fellowships\, including the Gilder Lehrman Research Fellowship at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello\, five Telly awards\, and a “Thea” award. He has been featured on CSPAN\, Good Morning America\, CBS Sunday Morning\, and the History Channel docudramaWASHINGTON.  \n\n\n\nBefore his tenure at Mount Vernon\, he served as Chair of the History Department at Binghamton University\, State University of New York. Dr. Bradburn holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in History and Economics from the University of Virginia.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/why-george-washington-matters/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Main Campus
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SUMMARY:Kenja McCray
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $12.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member. $6.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insider. Free.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on the day of the event. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nAcademics and popular commentors have expressed common sentiments about the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s—that it was male dominated and overrun with autocratic leaders. Yet women’s strategizing\, management\, and sustained work were integral to movement organizations’ functioning\, and female advocates of cultural nationalism often exhibited a unique service-oriented\, collaborative leadership style.  Essential Soldiers  documents a variety of women Pan-African nationalists’ experiences\, considering the ways they produced a distinctive kind of leadership through their devotion and service to the struggle for freedom and equality. Relying on oral histories\, textual archival material\, and scholarly literature\, this book delves into women’s organizing and resistance efforts\, investigating how they challenged the one-dimensional notions of gender roles within cultural nationalist organizations. Revealing a form of Black Power leadership that has never been highlighted\, Kenja McCray explores how women articulated and used their power to transform themselves and their environments. Through her examination\, McCray argues that women’s Pan-Africanist cultural nationalist activism embodied a work-centered\, people-centered\, and African-centered form of service leadership. A dynamic and fascinating narrative of African American women activists\, Essential Soldiers provides a new vantage point for considering Black Power leadership legacies.  \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nKenja McCray is Assistant Professor of History in the Department of Humanities at Clayton State University and coauthor of Atlanta Metropolitan State College\, a campus history. 
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/kenja-mccray/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Road\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Main Campus
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SUMMARY:“Women in the American Revolution”
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members Full Lecture Series Package. $140.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members and Insiders Full Lecture Series Package. $130.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Individual Lecture. $35.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nPlease note that the series package includes all 7 lectures taking place every Monday from January 26 to March 9\, 2026. Tickets for individual lectures are also available for purchase for $35 each. \n\n\n\nDr. Blair will introduce the audience to a range of American women who helped shape the coming of the American Revolution and the course of the war. From well-known women like Abigail Adams and Deborah Sampson to lesser-known figures like Esther Reed and Shawnee leader Nonhelema\, we’ll meet women who fought and spied for both sides\, who argued for or against independence\, and who pushed the new nation to “consider the ladies” as the United States began to take shape.​ \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Lecturer\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\nDr. Melissa Estes Blair is Professor of History and department chair at Auburn University in Auburn\, AL\, where she has taught since 2015. Prior to arriving at Auburn\, she taught for six years at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa\, NC.  She received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia\, and her B.A. from the University of Kentucky. Her research focuses on women and politics in the twentieth-century United States. She is the author of co-author of three books\, most recently American Women’s History: A New Narrative History (Wiley-Blackwell 2023) co-authored with Vanessa Holden and Maeve Kane.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/women-in-the-american-revolution/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Main Campus
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SUMMARY:Homeschool Day: A People on the Move
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members \n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members \n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nHomeschool Day is included with the cost of admission. To reserve your spot\, add your general admission tickets to your cart. You will then be prompted to register for Homeschool Day.  \n\n\n\nJourney across the United States with us to follow stories of resistance\, empowerment\, and survival for millions of African Americans throughout the 20th century. Together\, we’ll discover how an historic migration of people changed the United States forever and continues to impact our lives today.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/homeschool-day-a-people-on-the-move/
LOCATION:Atlanta History Center\, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Main Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T190000
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SUMMARY:Jon Meacham
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $42.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members. $36.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insiders. $30.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nIf you are a member\, please login to your account after adding tickets to your cart for member discounts to apply.  \n\n\n\nAtlanta History Center is honored to welcome Jon Meacham to Atlanta. All tickets include a signed copy of American Struggle. \n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on the day of the event or when event is sold out\, whichever occurs first. If event is not marked “sold out\,” tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nIn a polarized era\, history can become a subject of political contention. Many see America as perfect; many others argue that the national experiment is fundamentally flawed. The truth\, Meacham shows\, likely lies between these extremes. America has had shining hours\, and also dark ones.  \n\n\n\nIn  American Struggle\, Jon Meacham illuminates the nation’s complicated past. This rich and diverse collection covers a wide spectrum of history\, from 1619 to the twenty-first century\, with primary-source documents that take us back to critical moments in which Americans fought over the meaning and the direction of the national experiment. From the founders to Lincoln to Obama\, from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan\, from Seneca Falls to the March on Washington\, this chorus—sometimes discordant and always fascinating—tells the story of the country and of its people. As clashes over liberty and slavery\, inclusion and exclusion\, play out\, these voices\, brilliantly framed by Meacham’s singular commentary\, remind us that contentious citizenship and fair-minded observations are essential to bringing about the more perfect union envisioned in the Preamble to the Constitution\, which Frederick Douglass called a “glorious liberty document.”  Conflict is nothing new in our democracy; rather\, as Meacham and these texts show\, tensions are inherent\, stubborn\, and perennial. And  American Struggle teaches us anew that to know what has come before\, to watch as long-running disputes rise and fall\, is to be armed against despair.  \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nJon Meacham  is a Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer. The author of the New York Times bestsellers  Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power\, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House\, Franklin and Winston\,  Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush\,  and  The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels\, he is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University\, a contributing writer for  The New York Times Book Review\,  and a fellow of the Society of American Historians. Meacham lives in Nashville and in Sewanee with his wife and children. 
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/jon-meacham/
LOCATION:Atlanta History Center\, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Main Campus
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SUMMARY:Sadeqa Johnson in conversation with Tanya Sam
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members. $12.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members. $6.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insiders. Free.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on the day of the event. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nIn this new novel from the  New York Times  bestselling author of  The House of Eve\, one American woman’s vision in post WWII Germany will tie together three people in an unexpected way.  Ethel Gathers\, the proud wife of an American Officer\, is living in Occupied Germany in the 1950s. After discovering a local orphanage filled with the abandoned mixed-race children of German women and Black American GI’s\, Ethel feels compelled to help find these children homes.  Philadelphia born Ozzie Phillips volunteers for the recently desegregated army in 1948\, eager to make his mark in the world. While serving in Manheim\, Germany\, he meets a local woman\, Jelka\, and the two embark on a relationship that will impact their lives forever.  In 1965 Maryland\, Sophia Clark is given an opportunity to attend a prestigious all white boarding school and escape her heartless parents. While at the school\, she discovers a secret that upends her world and sends her on a quest to unravel her own identity.  Toggling between the lives of these three individuals\, Keeper of Lost Children explores how one woman’s vision will change the course of countless lives\, and demonstrates that love in its myriad of forms—familial\, parental\, and forbidden\, even love of self—can be transcendent.  \n\n\n\nParking\n\n\n\nWhen visiting our Midtown campus\, walking\, rideshare\, and MARTA are highly encouraged! The Midtown MARTA station is only one block away. There is a small amount of complimentary parking available in the parking lot across Crescent Avenue from the entrance to Margaret Mitchell House. Once these spots are full\, there are a number of paid offsite parking spots and decks in the area\, including:   \n\n\n\nOn-street parking via ParkMobile  \n\n\n\n999 Peachtree Street building parking deck  \n\n\n\n930 Juniper Street/Metropolis  parking deck   \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nSadeqa Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels. Her most recent novel\, The House of Eve\, was an instant New York Times bestseller\, Reese’s Book Club selection\, NAACP Image Award nominee\, and Goodreads Choice award finalist. Her previous novel\, Yellow Wife\, was the Library of Virginia’s Literary People’s Choice Award winner\, Goodreads Choice Award finalist\, Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy finalist\, and a BCALA Literary Award honoree. Originally from Philadelphia\, Sadeqa currently lives near Richmond\, Virginia. For more information\, go to Sadeqa.net.  \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Moderator\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nTanya Sam\, a renowned entrepreneur and advocate\, founded the Tanya Time Book Club\, embodying the power of community and shared joy of reading. With more than 10k Instagram followers and a thousand active members\, the club fosters vibrant literary discussions. She embarks on captivating literary journeys\, exploring the worlds created by talented authors. \n\n\n\nShe has broken down barriers for women and minority entrepreneurs with her initiative\, The Ambition Fund. Her dedication to inclusive opportunities fosters a thriving environment for diverse business owners. Tanya’s expertise in Web3 and NFTs shines through platforms like the Money Moves podcast and Making of a Mogul TV series\, promoting financial literacy in marginalized communities. As Director of Partnerships at TechSquare Labs\, she mentors over 60 companies\, empowering female entrepreneurs.  \n\n\n\nBased in Atlanta\, Georgia\, she engages in community initiatives and serves as a board member of Kate’s Club\, supporting children dealing with loss. Tanya Sam continues to inspire inclusivity and empowerment\, leaving an enduring legacy of positive change.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/sadeqa-johnson-in-conversation-with-tanya-sam/
LOCATION:Margaret Mitchell House\, 979 Crescent Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30309
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Margaret Mitchell House
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SUMMARY:What To Do With All That Stuff!
DESCRIPTION:Member and Insider. Free.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nAfter you login to your active membership account\, these tickets will be available to reserve. \n\n\n\nThere is typically one person in each extended family who ends up with the “stuff” of their shared ancestors’ lives. From your Grandma Alice’s quilts to your Dad’s vacation slides\, and from your third great-grandmother Dorsey’s Civil War letters to your Cousin Barbara’s family Bible\, it can be challenging to determine how to handle the things that our ancestors passed down. And how can we make sure it all goes to someone who will take care of it when we are no longer able?  \n\n\n\nJoin Sue VerHoef\, AHC’s Director of Oral History and Genealogy\, for a program designed to help you care for your family’s heirlooms now and make decisions to help ensure they survive for the next generation to enjoy. \n\n\n\nCheck-in and light bites will take place in the McElreath atrium.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/what-to-do-with-all-that-stuff/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Road\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:For Members,Genealogy Programs,Main Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T140000
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SUMMARY:“A Founding Friendship and its Discontents: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson”
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members Full Lecture Series Package. $140.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members and Insiders Full Lecture Series Package. $130.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Individual Lecture. $35.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nPlease note that the series package includes all 7 lectures taking place every Monday from January 26 to March 9\, 2026. Tickets for individual lectures are also available for purchase for $35 each. \n\n\n\nWhat is civic friendship\, and why does it matter?  Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were founding friends in the 1770s who became factional foes in the 1790s\, and distant enemies for over a decade thereafter. The remarkable reknitting of their relationship in the 1810s offers a model of frank disagreement navigated through shared commitment to the American project. Dr. Kamensky will show how Monticello is sharing their complex history. She will also explain how museums\, historic sites\, and other community learning partners can help revitalize the ties that bind Americans as a people. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Lecturer\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\nDr. Jane Kamensky is President and CEO of Monticello/The Thomas Jefferson Foundation. She earned her BA (1985) and PhD (1993) in history from Yale University. She was the Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard University before moving to Monticello. Her most recent book\, Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution (2023) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. She is a former Commissioner of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and past Trustee of the Museum of the American Revolution.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/a-founding-friendship-and-its-discontents-john-adams-and-thomas-jefferson/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Main Campus
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SUMMARY:Jan Cress Dondi
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $12.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member. $6.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insider. Free.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on the day of the event. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nThe Navigator’s Letter brings to light one of the best untold and dangerous stories of World War II\, chronicling a moving and heroic story of patriotic duty\, familial bonds\, brotherhood\, and love.One of the riskiest air raids of World War II occurred on August 1\, 1943\, over the oil fields at Ploesti\, Romania—Nazi Germany’s primary fuel source. The Allies believed that the destruction of Hitler’s oil refineries would shorten the war. Using an untested strategy\, it was worth the gamble\, but the mission did not go according to plan—with 53 aircraft and 532 crewmen lost\, it was the costliest US air raid of the war.A true story\, The Navigator’s Letter is a tale of uncanny coincidences: two friends from the same small Illinois town; both joined the Air Corps; both became navigators; both were assigned to B-24 Liberators; both flew missions over Europe; both of their planes were forced down over Ploesti; and both went missing-in-action.Intertwined with events of WWII\, the story follows the two B-24 navigators coursing through wartime\, both with ties to the same woman. Their lives unfurl with the Air Force’s darkest day\, Operation Tidal Wave. It was the first-ever zero-altitude air raid\, which lead to Operation Reunion\, the largest evacuation by air in history repatriating 1\,162 POWs from Romania back to American air bases in Italy. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nJan Cress Dondi has a BS from the University of Georgia\, conducted post-graduate studies at the University of Alaska\, and has done research and legal writing for decades. She lives in Fort Lauderdale\, Florida.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/jan-cress-dondi/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Road\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Main Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T140000
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SUMMARY:“A Raging Whirlwind”:  The Revolutionary War and Native Americans
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members Full Lecture Series Package. $140.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members and Insiders Full Lecture Series Package. $130.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Individual Lecture. $35.\n                            \n                    Register\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nPlease note that the series package includes all 7 lectures taking place every Monday from January 26 to March 9\, 2026. Tickets for individual lectures are also available for purchase for $35 each. \n\n\n\n​The Revolutionary War for Native Americans was like “a raging whirlwind which tears up the trees\,” as a Seneca leader named Honayawas described it in 1798.  Although Americans have typically focused on the more conventional clashes among American\, British\, French\, and Spanish armies along North America’s seaboard\, there was a more destructive and brutal theater of the Revolutionary War that unfolded along America’s western frontier.  There\, Native Americans remained both independent and crucial players in the war\, as both the British and Americans competed for the alliance and military strength of Indian peoples.  The outcome of the Revolutionary War on the frontier shaped the future of North America for generations to follow. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Lecturer\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\nDr. David Preston is the General Mark W. Clark Distinguished Chair of History at The Citadel and specializes in early American history and American Indian history.  He is the author of several books\, including The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia\, 1667-1783 (2009) and Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution (2015)\, winner of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History and several literary awards as well as a finalist for the George Washington Book Prize.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/raging-whirlwind/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Main Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T183000
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SUMMARY:Norah O'Donnell
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $40.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member. $34.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insider. $28.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nIf you are a member\, please login to your account after adding tickets to your cart for member discounts to apply.  \n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5:00pm EST on the day of the event or when event is sold out\, whichever occurs first. If event is not marked “sold out\,” tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\nAtlanta History Center and A Cappella Books are honored to welcome Norah O’Donnell to Atlanta! All tickets include a pre-signed copy of We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nA vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union  \n\n\n\nOver a decades-long\, distinguished career\, award-winning journalist Norah O’Donnell has made it her mission to shed light on untold women’s stories. Now\, in honor of America’s 250th birthday\, O’Donnell focuses that passion on sharing the stories of American heroines who helped change the course of history.   We the Women  presents a new and extraordinary retelling of American history through the eyes of women\, introducing us to inspiring patriots who demanded that the country live up to the promises made 250 years ago in the Declaration of Independence: that “all men are created equal\, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights\, that among those are Life\, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The pressing question from women since the signing of the document has been: Why don’t those unalienable rights apply to us?  Through extensive research and interviews\, as well as old photos and historic documents\, O’Donnell curates a compelling portrait of these fierce fighters for freedom. From Mary Katharine Goddard\, who printed the first signed Declaration of Independence\, to the Forten family women\, considered the “Black Founders” of Philadelphia who were active in the abolition and suffrage movements\, to the first women who served in the Armed Forces even before they had the right to vote\, O’Donnell brings these extraordinary women together for the first time\, and in doing so\, writes the American story anew.  \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\nNorah O’Donnell is a multiple Emmy Award-winning journalist with nearly three decades of experience covering the biggest stories in the world and conducting impactful\, news-making interviews. She is CBS News’ Senior Correspondent\, focused on big interviews and projects for the network\, and spent five years as the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News the oldest and most revered evening news broadcast in America. O’Donnell anchors CBS News Election Specials and is a 60 Minutes contributing correspondent. She is married to the bacon-loving Geoff Tracy\, otherwise known as Chef Geoff\, and is the mother of three children.  \n\n\n\nOfficial Bookseller: A Cappella Books 
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/norah-odonnell/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Road\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Main Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T140000
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SUMMARY:“The Constitution and the Federalist Papers”
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members Full Lecture Series Package. $140.\n                            \n                    Purchase\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members and Insiders Full Lecture Series Package. $130.\n                            \n                    Purchase\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Individual Lecture. $35.\n                            \n                    Purchase\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nPlease note that the series package includes all 7 lectures taking place every Monday from January 26 to March 9\, 2026. Tickets for individual lectures are also available for purchase for $35 each. \n\n\n\n​The thirteen little republics that replaced the thirteen colonies were so vulnerable that a group of influential Americans worked to create a viable national government in the late 1780s. James Madison and Alexander Hamilton\, with the full support of George Washington\, drafted and defended the Constitution\, then sent it to the states for ratification. Their Federalist articles aimed to persuade citizens of the states that the republic would be strong enough to defend them without becoming another alien imposition of the British type. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Lecturer\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\nDr. Patrick Allitt is the Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University.  He was born and raised in England\, was an undergraduate at Oxford\, a PhD student at the University of California\, Berkeley\, and has taught at Emory since 1988. He is the author of seven books\, most recently A Climate of Crisis: America in the Age of Environmentalism (Penguin\, 2014). He is also the presenter of twelve video and audio lecture series with “The Great Courses\,” most recently How Railways Transformed the World (2024).
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/the-constitution-and-the-federalist-papers/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Main Campus
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SUMMARY:A’Lelia Bundles
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $12.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member. $6.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insider. Free.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on the day of the event. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nDubbed the “joy goddess of Harlem’s 1920s” by poet Langston Hughes\, A’Lelia Walker was a dazzling cultural icon whose legendary parties and Dark Tower salon helped define the Harlem cultural scene.After inheriting her mother’s pioneering hair care business\, A’Lelia became America’s first high-profile Black heiress and a patron of the arts. Joy Goddess takes readers inside her New York homes\, where she hosted luminaries including Langston Hughes\, Zora Neale Hurston\, Paul Robeson\, Florence Mills\, James Weldon Johnson\, Carl Van Vechten\, and W.E.B. Du Bois—figures who shaped African American history and culture during the Roaring Twenties.Drawing on extensive research and personal correspondence\, A’Lelia Bundles presents a nuanced biography of a woman navigating life as a wife\, mother\, businesswoman\, and patron outside the shadow of her famous mother’s legacy.With vivid detail\, Joy Goddess brings to life A’Lelia’s radiant personality\, fashion-forward influence\, and role as one of the most important cultural icons of Harlem\, offering a fresh and unforgettable portrait of the woman who embodied the spirit of a new Black cultural era. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nA’Lelia Bundles is the author of five books including Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance\, a biography of her great-grandmother whose parties\, arts patronage and convenings helped shape the social and cultural scene of that era. On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker\, a New York Times Notable Book about her entrepreneurial great-great-grandmother\, is the fact-based biography that inspired Self Made\, a fictional four-part Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer. \n\n\n\nA’Lelia is a board member of the March On! Festival\, the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women at Harvard Radcliffe Institute\, BIO (Biographers International)\, Columbia Global Reports and the National Archives Foundation. She founded the Madam Walker Family Archives\, the largest private collection of Walker ephemera\, photographs and correspondence. \n\n\n\nA’Lelia was a network television producer for thirty years\, first at NBC News and then at ABC News\, where she was Washington\, DC deputy bureau chief and director of talent development.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/alelia-bundles/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Road\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Main Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T090000
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SUMMARY:Spring Fest 2026
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URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/spring-fest-2026/
LOCATION:Atlanta History Center\, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Events,Main Campus,Public Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T190000
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SUMMARY:Marie Benedict in conversation with Virginia Prescott
DESCRIPTION:All tickets include a signed copy of the book.\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Not-Yet Member. $35.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member. $29.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insider. $23.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nIf you are a member\, please login to your account after adding tickets to your cart for member discounts to apply.  \n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on the day of the event. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nKnown for her “delightful blend of historical fiction and suspense” (People)\, New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict\, returns with a sweeping tale of a young woman who unearths the truth about a forgotten Pharaoh—rewriting both of their legacies forever.In the 1920s\, archeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon of Highclere Castle made headlines around the world with the discovery of the treasure-filled tomb of the boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun. But behind it all stood Lady Evelyn Herbert—daughter of Lord Carnarvon—whose daring spirit and relentless curiosity made the momentous find possible.Nearly 3\,000 years earlier\, another woman defied the expectations of her time: Hatshepsut\, Egypt’s lost pharaoh. Her reign was bold\, visionary—and nearly erased from history.When Evelyn becomes obsessed with finding Hatshepsut’s secret tomb\, she risks everything to uncover the truth about her reign and keep valued artifacts in Egypt\, their rightful home. But as danger closes in and political tensions rise\, she must make an impossible choice: protect her father’s legacy—or forge her own.Propelled by high adventure and deadly intrigue\, Daughter of Egypt is the story of two ambitious women who lived centuries apart. Both were forced to hide who they were during their lifetimes\, yet ultimately changed history forever. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMarie Benedict is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Queens of Crime\, The Mitford Affair\, Her Hidden Genius\, The Mystery of Mrs. Christie\, The Only Woman in the Room\, Lady Clementine\, Carnegie’s Maid\, The Other Einstein\, and with Victoria Christopher Murray\, the Good Morning America Book Club pick The Personal Librarian and the Target Book of the Year The First Ladies. All have been translated into multiple languages\, and many have been selected for the Barnes & Noble Book Club\, Target Book Club\, Costco Book Club\, Indie Next List\, and LibraryReads List. She lives in Pittsburgh with her family. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Moderator\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nVirginia Prescott is a former NPR host and reporter and now serves as President of Podcasting for School of Humans. Over decades of covering news and culture\, she has interviewed thousands of authors\, artists\, and public figures\, from Margaret Atwood to Sonia Sotomayor. She has been recognized with a Gracie Award\, an Edward R. Murrow Award\, and a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard. And she still gets a little thrill every time a great question lands just right.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/marie-benedict-in-conversation-with-virginia-prescott/
LOCATION:McElreath Hall\, 130 W Paces Ferry Road\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Main Campus
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