Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History

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The first public library in the Southeast to offer specialized reference and archival collections in African American culture.
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Thursday July 31, 2025 12:00 PM EDT
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Cost: $0-$250
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Presented by AAMBC Black Writers Weekend is our annual three day festival celebrating Black Writers and their incredible work starting Thu Jul 31 ending Sat Aug 2. Get ready to explore our vendor market, pitch your books or film scripts, connect with other writers and authors, partake in panel discu... [click here for more]
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Saturday September 22, 2018 06:30 PM EDT
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Cost: Free
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Categories: Exhibit Opening

The Auburn Avenue Research Library will host an opening reception for the traveling exhibit: "Witness to the Holocaust" by William Alexander Scott III. In addition to telling Scott's witness testimony, the exhibit also

includes panels drawing a parallel between the Jim Cr... [click here for more]
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Wednesday September 12, 2018 06:30 PM EDT
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Cost: Free
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The Auburn Avenue Research Library will host an opening reception

for the traveling exhibit: "Witness to the Holocaust" by William Alexander Scott III. In addition to telling Scott's witness testimony, the exhibit also includes panels drawing a parallel between the Jim Crow Laws

implemented in the U... [click here for more]
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Sunday September 9, 2018 03:00 PM EDT
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Cost: Free
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The Auburn Avenue Research Library, in partnership with the Baton

Foundation, Inc., will screen a short film: "Man of the House". The screening will be followed by a moderated conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community.

John Palomino’s directorial debut, "Man of The House" i... [click here for more]
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Sunday September 2, 2018 03:00 AM EDT
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Cost: Free and open to public.
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The Auburn Avenue Research Library, in collaboration with PSL

Publications, will host journalist and community activist Eugene Puryear, who will discuss his latest publication: "Shackled and Chained, Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America".

In this blistering interrogation of the prison-industrial... [click here for more]
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What Happened After Slavery?

Thursday August 23, 2018 05:30 PM EDT
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Cost: FREE
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Join the United Nations Association Atlanta chapter as we celebrate The International Day For the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Thursday, August 23rd from 5:30-8:00 pm Hosted by the Auburn Avenue Research Library for African American Culture and History located at 101 Auburn Ave.... [click here for more]
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Saturday July 21, 2018 03:00 PM EDT
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Cost: FREE
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For decades, Black filmmakers have been pushing boundaries in film in both big and small ways. With that in mind, the African American Film Critics Association is launching a summer Screening Series that will focus on films that celebrate the diversity of Black culture and life, as well as the power... [click here for more]
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Monday July 2, 2018 12:00 PM EDT
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Cost: Free
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The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, in collaboration with the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, presents selected artwork from 12 Rounds of Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali. This powerfully illustrated poetic verse biography of Ali's life, from the time he was born ... [click here for more]
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Saturday June 23, 2018 02:00 PM EDT
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Cost: Free
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Categories: Film Premiere

Venue: Grant Park, the Sound Table Saturday, June 23 at 2 p.m. BOBBITO GARCÍA’S FULL COURT 21™ ALL WORLD ATLANTA QUALIFIER at Grant Park features multiple defenders guarding whichever player has the ball (1-on-5).

Warm up starts at 2 pm. FREE TO PLAY! FREE TO WATCH! REGIS... [click here for more]
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Wednesday October 25, 2017 07:00 PM EDT
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Cost: Free
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The Auburn Avenue Research Library and Georgia State University's Alonzo A. Crim Center will host Dr. Maurice J. Hobson. Hobson will discuss his new book The Legend of the Black Mecca: Politics and Class In the Making of Modern Atlanta. The event will be open to the public.

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Saturday October 14, 2017 12:00 PM EDT
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History Cost: Free
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Radical left writers, publishers, artists and activists from across the South are invited to an indoor market and a day of discussions about history, activism and culture. The second annual fair centers black, brown, queer and working-class communities.

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Monday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday: Closed




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