In celebration of Black History Month, join us Tuesday, February 21, 2023, for a screening of Donald L. Hollowell: Foot Soldier for Equal Justice. This documentary chronicles the civil rights attorney's legendary achievements, including serving as lead counsel in Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes's case which ultimately ended desegregation at the University of Georgia. Among Hollowell's other notable achievements were the release of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from the Reidsville State Prison, and the overturned execution of then fifteen-year-old Preston Cobb.

In celebration of Black History Month, join us Tuesday, February 7, 2023, for a screening of the Peabody Award-winning concert documentary,

Monte Markham ('57 BFA, '60 MFA) will be in conversation with Margie Compton, moving image archivist for the Brown Media Archives, followed by an audience Q&A.

Note: The B-52's have postponed their Athens show on November 15th due to illness. In light of this change, we are cancelling our scheduled Hargrett Happy Hour event.

We still have great items from the band on display in our exhibit "Georgia On My Mind: Finding Belonging in Music History" and hope you will stop by to see them before the exhibit closes on Dec. 9th. If you have any questions, please contact jhebbard@uga.edu.

Thank you,

Hargrett Library & Media Archives Staff

Join the UGA Libraries for a program with journalist John Pruitt on Thursday, January 26th at 6:00 p.m. in room 285 of the UGA Special Collections Building. Following a talk about his new book Tell It True, Pruitt will participate in a Q&A with the audience. A light reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Hull Street Parking Deck. 

Released in 1986, Athens, GA/Inside-Out documented the music scene of the Classic City in the mid-1980s, featuring local legends R.E.M., Pylon, The B-52's, and more. Over 30 years later, Athens/Inside-Out 2: Red Turns into Blue captured a new generation of artists sculpting not only the music scene but the political landscape in Athens as well. 

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Directed by Questlove and featuring never-before-seen performances by Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, Nina Simone, and more, Summer of Soul tells the story of Black history, culture, music, and fashion in the summer of 1969. Enjoy a free screening of Summer of Soul at Ciné on June 11, 2022, at 2:30 PM during the 22nd annual Hot Corner Celebration and Soul Food Feast. Tickets are available the day of the screening at the Ciné box office and are first come, first served.  

Join us on Facebook Live to celebrate the launch of two new digital exhibits by the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting: "Exploring Public Media in the Peabody Awards Collection" and "Native Narratives: The Representation of Native Americans in Public Broadcasting."

Some 4,000 hours of public radio and television programming submitted to the George Foster Peabody Awards between 1941-1999 have been digitized, preserved and made available online in the Peabody Awards Collection at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB)!