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Boy: Maybe--Poems by W.J. Lofton
on March 25, 2025, 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
W. J. Lofton writes vivid, accessible poems that channel the energy, urgency, ambitions, joys, and sorrows of a young Black queer artist. They are about love and flirtation, sweet tea and hot sauce, God and family, life and death, police…
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Featured Event. Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children--Noliwe Rooks in conversation with Dr. Bettina L. Love
on March 27, 2025, 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Charis and Auburn Avenue Research Library welcome Noliwe Rooks in conversation with Dr. Bettina L. Love for a discussion of Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children, a powerful, incisive reckoning with the impacts of school…
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Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen
on March 28, 2025, 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Bob the Drag Queen is a television host, actor, comedienne, activist, and the season eight winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race. In his first novel, Bob the Drag Queen spins an inventive tale on an American hero and historical figure--Harriet…
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Featured Event. Rise to Power: Voices of Love and Community--A Poetry Celebration
on April 1, 2025, 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
It’s National Poetry Month and the Auburn Avenue Research Library is celebrating with local poet Kenneth Zakee and friends on Tuesday, April 1 at 6:30 PM. Join AARL in this community gathering as selected guests and audience members share…
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Teen Genealogy Camp
on April 5, 2025, 10:30am to 2:00pm
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Let's dig up articles in African American historical newspapers and search through electronic resources in our Genealogy Camp for middle school aged children and up. These family history sleuths will work on creating their family tree…
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Featured Event. Farming While Black: Documentary Screening
on April 5, 2025, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Join Pi Alpha Omega in this screening of "Farming While Black" in honor of former chapter president Marilyn Arrington.
About the film
A feature film about the rising generation of young black farmers. Featuring Leah Penniman, author of…
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Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: The Wiz
on April 14, 2025, 5:00pm to 5:00pm
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Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Pull up a chair and bring your favorite snack to sit and enjoy our monthly film series from featuring movies based on books by Black authors. Stay for the discussion afterwards with other movie aficionados.

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Featured Event. Archives as Bridges: in conversation with shady Radical
on April 19, 2025, 10:30am to 11:30am
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Join us for a documentary screening followed by an archival workshop.
About the speaker
shady R. Radical, M.A., CA, Ph.D. works around issues of preservation in Black performance and production cultures. She earned a Ph.D. from Georgia State…
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Featured Event. Conquer the Soil: conversation with horticulturist Abra Lee
on April 22, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
About the author
Abra Lee is an American public horticulturalist, historian and writer, who researches Black garden history and raises awareness of the subject through social media. She is Oakland Cemetery’s first black Horticulture…
Featured Event. The Fantasies of Future Things: Doug Jones in conversation with Craig Washington
on April 23, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
In this powerful debut reminiscent of Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, two men in Atlanta reconcile their human dignity against the price of their professional ambitions working for a real estate development company displacing Black residents in…
Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: The Hate You Give
on May 12, 2025, 5:00pm to 7:30pm
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Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Pull up a chair and bring your favorite snack to sit and enjoy our monthly film series from featuring movies based on books by Black authors. Stay for the discussion afterwards with other movie aficionados.

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Featured Event. Let's Talk: Four Died Trying
on May 19, 2025, 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Join us to watch and discuss impactful documentaries from our collections.
Four Died Trying considers the "turning” President John Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert Kennedy were making in the last year or…
Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: Lady Sings the Blues
on June 9, 2025, 5:00pm to 7:30pm
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Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Pull up a chair and bring your favorite snack to sit and enjoy our monthly film series from featuring movies based on books by Black authors. Stay for the discussion afterwards with other movie aficionados.

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Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: The Color Purple
on July 14, 2025, 5:00pm to 7:30pm
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Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Pull up a chair and bring your favorite snack to sit and enjoy our monthly film series from featuring movies based on books by Black authors. Stay for the discussion afterwards with other movie aficionados.

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Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: Their Eyes Were Watching God
on August 11, 2025, 5:00pm to 7:30pm
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Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Pull up a chair and bring your favorite snack to sit and enjoy our monthly film series from featuring movies based on books by Black authors. Stay for the discussion afterwards with other movie aficionados.

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Featured Event. Let's Talk: Marcus Garvey: A Giant of Black Politics
on August 25, 2025, 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Join us to watch and discuss impactful documentaries from our collections.
Black Nationalist pioneer and First Hero of Jamaica, Marcus Garvey is discussed by contemporaries, historians, family and friends. The film traces his early successes…
From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: The Pact
on September 8, 2025, 5:00pm to 7:30pm
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Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Pull up a chair and bring your favorite snack to sit and enjoy our monthly film series from featuring movies based on books by Black authors. Stay for the discussion afterwards with other movie aficionados.

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From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: The Pursuit of Happyness
on October 13, 2025, 5:00pm to 7:30pm
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Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Pull up a chair and bring your favorite snack to sit and enjoy our monthly film series from featuring movies based on books by Black authors. Stay for the discussion afterwards with other movie aficionados.

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Featured Event. Let's Talk: Mumia
on October 27, 2025, 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Join us to watch and discuss impactful documentaries from our collections.An inspiring portrait of a man whom many consider America's most famous political prisoner - a man whose existence tests our beliefs about freedom of expression.…
Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: Think Like A Man
on November 10, 2025, 5:00pm to 7:30pm
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Event location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
Pull up a chair and bring your favorite snack to sit and enjoy our monthly film series from featuring movies based on books by Black authors. Stay for the discussion afterwards with other movie aficionados.

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Boy: Maybe--Poems by W.J. Lofton

Featured Event. Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children--Noliwe Rooks in conversation with Dr. Bettina L. Love

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen

Featured Event. Rise to Power: Voices of Love and Community--A Poetry Celebration

Teen Genealogy Camp

Featured Event. Farming While Black: Documentary Screening

Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: The Wiz

Featured Event. Archives as Bridges: in conversation with shady Radical

Featured Event. Conquer the Soil: conversation with horticulturist Abra Lee

Featured Event. The Fantasies of Future Things: Doug Jones in conversation with Craig Washington

Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: The Hate You Give

Featured Event. Let's Talk: Four Died Trying

Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: Lady Sings the Blues

Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: The Color Purple

Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: Their Eyes Were Watching God

Featured Event. Let's Talk: Marcus Garvey: A Giant of Black Politics

From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: The Pact

From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: The Pursuit of Happyness

Featured Event. Let's Talk: Mumia

Featured Event. From Pages to Popcorn Film Series: Think Like A Man

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