LIVE TAPING Closer Look Open Access: Juneteenth Edition
Friday, June 16, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Start your Juneteenth off with a LIVE taping of Closer Look Open Access at the Atlanta History Center!
Join WABE’s Closer Look with Rose Scott LIVE from Atlanta History Center in celebration of the Juneteenth holiday.
Doors open at 12:30 p.m. and recording will be from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
This special live taping of WABE’s Closer Look focuses on “Words and Beats: Telling the Juneteenth Story.”
Be in the audience for a Rose Scott moderated discussion of generational storytelling and the importance of genealogy research among Black Americans plus conversation around Civic Season, the national movement intended to unite the country’s oldest federal holiday (July 4th) with its newest (Juneteenth) in order to understand the past and shape the future.
Featured guests include:
Elizabeth West, Professor of English and the John B. and Elena Diaz-Verson Amos Distinguished Chair in English Letters at Georgia State University.
Althea Sumpter, Althea Sumpter is a researcher and scholar who focuses on ethnographic documentation and cultural preservation of the Southern story in the United States.
