AUBURN AVENUE RESEARCH LIBRARY ARCHIVAL EXHIBITION

PRIDE, DIGNITY, AND TOGETHERNESS: THE LEGACY OF TOM DORSEY

1:00 PM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2023

In collaboration with the Consulate General of Switzerland, the Auburn Avenue Research Library will virtually host Fork Burke (Editor) and Myriam Diarra (Editor) who in conversation with Dr. Stephane Dunn will discuss their latest publication

“I Will Be Different Every Time: Black Women in Biel.”

“I Will Be Different Every Time: Black Women In Biel,” explores the historical and contemporary lived experiences of Black women from the town of Biel [Switzerland]. In addition to shedding light on this extraordinary part of the global Black Diaspora, Fork Burke and Myriam Diarra will speak on the importance of storytelling and share ideas on the legacy writing process, that preserves the histories of the black Diaspora for future generations.

In collaboration with Charis Books and More, the Auburn Avenue Research Library welcomes Janelle M. Williams who in conversation with Nicki Salcedo will discuss her lyrical debut novel Gone Like Yesterday. Gone Like Yesterday employs magical realism to explore the majestic and haunting experience of being a Black woman in today’s America via Zahra, a listless college prep coach, and Sammie, a teenage girl and budding activist soon off to college--who are drawn to each other through the songs of gypsy moths.

Sharp and wholly original, Gone Like Yesterday is a novel about family and legacy but also a literary exploration of racial identity, self, and what it means to be found.

Janelle M. Williams received her BA from Howard University and her MFA in creative writing from Manhattanville College. She was a 2017 Kimbilio Fiction Fellow. She is currently the Director of Programs and Outreach at Writopia Lab.

Nicki Salcedo has a degree in English and Creative Writing from Stanford University. She is the author of “All Beautiful Things” and three books of essays.

PRIDE, DIGNITY, AND TOGETHERNESS: THE LEGACY OF TOM DORSEY

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2023

The Auburn Avenue Research Library will host the archival photographic exhibition Pride, Dignity, and Togetherness: The Legacy of Tom Dorsey.

A celebration of the Black family, this exhibition by renowned photographer Thomas Dorsey features intimate portraitures of prominent African American families taken between 1978 and 2002 including notable Atlantans (Andrew Young, Hank Aaron, and Ed Spriggs).