Reconstruction in Georgia

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Reconstruction in Georgia

This online program is an expansion of the 2023 Georgia Day video and includes a more in-depth exploration of the 2022-2023 Georgia History Festival theme, “The Promise of a More Perfect Union: Reconstruction and the Gilded Age.” In it we examine the economic, political, and social changes that Georgians faced in the tumultuous period of the half century following the Civil War and feature some of the most significant themes, events, and individuals associated with this pivotal period of American history.

An Evening With Annette Gordon-Reed

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An Evening With Annette Gordon-Reed

Join the Georgia Historical Society as author and historian Annette Gordon-Reed is inducted as the newest Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellow. Following the induction, enjoy a lively conversation with this award-winning author about her groundbreaking work and its impact on modern scholarship.

The Georgia Trustees

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The Georgia Trustees

Learn about Georgia Historical Society's Georgia Trustees.

Georgia Day 2022

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Georgia Day 2022

In recognition of the anniversary of Georgia’s founding, this short online program is a visual exploration of the 2022 Georgia History Festival theme highlighting the important roles that location and geography have played in the development of Georgia throughout its history—and the impact that Georgia’s people have had on the land. Featuring greetings from friends and leaders across the state, this all-ages presentation includes classroom resources for guided listening by Georgia students.

We Believe

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We Believe

Learn about the beliefs and principles of the Georgia Historical Society.

An Evening with Rick Atkinson

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An Evening with Rick Atkinson

Join the Georgia Historical Society as author and historian Rick Atkinson is inducted as the  2020 Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellow. Following the induction, enjoy a lively discussion between Atkinson and Dr. Stan Deaton, the Dr. Elaine B. Andrews Distinguished Historian at the Georgia Historical Society, about Atkinson’s book, The British are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777.

An Evening with David Blight

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An Evening with David Blight

On November 8, 2018, the Georgia Historical Society hosted a special program with Dr. David W. Blight for the debut of his new book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Simon & Schuster), in Savannah. Dr. Blight is one of the country’s most renowned historians of slavery and the Civil War era. He is the Class of 1954 Professor of American History and the Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. This program featured a discussion between Dr. Blight and the Georgia Historical Society’s Dr. Stan Deaton about Blight’s groundbreaking new biography of Frederick Douglass, and Douglass’s role in American history. The evening included Dr. Blight's induction as the inaugural Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellow by GHS President and CEO Dr. W. Todd Groce and Vince Dooley.

Interview with David Blight

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Interview with David Blight

Interview with visiting scholar Dr. David Blight at the Georgia Historical Society's 2017 NEH Summer Institute "Recognizing an Imperfect Past: History, Memory, and the American Public." Dr. Blight is Yale University’s Class of 1954 Professor of American History. He is also the Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. He is currently writing a new, full biography of Frederick Douglass that will be published by Simon and Schuster in early 2018. He is also the author of Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (Harvard University Press, 2002), which received eight book awards, including the Bancroft Prize, the Abraham Lincoln Prize, and the Frederick Douglass Prize as well as four awards from the Organization of American Historians.

Interview with Alexander X. Byrd

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Interview with Alexander X. Byrd

Interview with visiting faculty Dr. Alexander X. Byrd at the 2017 NEH Summer Institute “Recognizing an Imperfect Past: History, Memory, and the American Public.”Dr. Byrd is an associate professor of History at Rice University. His area of expertise is Afro America, especially black life in the Atlantic world and the Jim Crow South.

Interview with Kevin Levin

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Interview with Kevin Levin

Interview with visiting scholar Kevin Levin at the Georgia Historical Society's 2017 NEH Summer Institute "Recognizing an Imperfect Past: History, Memory, and the American Public." Kevin Levin is a public historian and former high school history teacher based in Boston, Massachusetts. He specializes in the history of the American Civil War and for the last ten years has shared that passion with as broad an audience as possible at his website, Civil War Memory. He has taught history on the high school and college levels, most recently as a Visiting Instructor of History at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts.