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X-WR-CALNAME:Kick-off Event: An Education in Georgia: Then and Now
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DESCRIPTION:To kick off the campus-wide reading event to celebrate the 60th
  anniversary of desegregation at the University of Georgia\, UGA alumna Ch
 arlayne Hunter-Gault will participate in a conversation with longtime New 
 Yorker columnist and author Calvin Trillin to discuss his book An Educatio
 n in Georgia: Charlayne Hunter\, Hamilton Holmes\, and the Integration of 
 the University of Georgia (UGA Press). The conversation will be moderated 
 by Valerie Boyd\, Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer in Residence
 \, associate professor\, Journalism\, Grady College of Journalism and Mass
  Communication\, UGA.\n\nFirst serialized in the New Yorker in 1963\, Tril
 lins’s book details the experiences of the first African-American studen
 ts on the Athens campus and the legal struggle surrounding their admission
 . The book also looks at the protests and riots against their admission\, 
 the students' suspension\, as well as the court case that had them reinsta
 ted. Trillin’s book includes interviews from the time with students\, th
 eir families\, friends\, and professors that reveal the struggles of integ
 ration and drastic social change on a southern campus.  \n\nThis is a free
  virtual event open to the UGA community and the public at large. Registra
 tion is required to attend. \n\nThroughout the month of February\, the UGA
  Press will share supplemental materials including discussion questions\, 
 interviews\, news articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia\, and o
 ther prompts via social media. They will be announcing book giveaways as w
 ell as providing a discount code to students\, faculty\, staff\, and commu
 nity members who register for the event. \n\nThis event is sponsored by th
 e University of Georgia Press\, the New Georgia Encyclopedia\, the Grady C
 ollege of Journalism and Mass Communication\, and the Mary Frances Early C
 ollege of Education.\n\nCharlayne Hunter-Gault is a Peabody and Emmy award
 -winning journalist with more than 50 years in the media industry\, extend
 ing her work at various times to all media including The New Yorker\,  NBC
 \, The New York Times\, PBS\, NPR and CNN.  She is also the author of four
  books\, including In My Place\, an autobiography and To The Mountaintop: 
 My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement. Her latest is an e-book\, Co
 rrective Rape\, looking at the criminal way men in South Africa abuse lesb
 ian women by attempting to “correct” their sexuality. Her upcoming boo
 k upcoming book features a collection her almost 60 years of print article
 s focusing on the subjects she calls “My People.” She continues with t
 he PBS NEWSHOUR with a special series called Race Matters\, looking at sol
 utions to racism and is a highly sought after lecturer and moderator. Char
 layne is the wife of former banker Ronald Gault and the mother of two chil
 dren—Suesan\, an artist and singer\, and Chuma\, an actor and director.\
 n\nCalvin Trillin has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1963\, c
 oncentrating his reporting on America. As the Nation’s “Deadline Poet\
 ,” he writes weekly verse on the news of the day. In addition to his boo
 ks of reportage\, he has published memoirs\, comic novels\, and books of v
 erse. His books include Remembering Denny\, Obliviously On He Sails: The B
 ush Administration in Rhyme\, Tepper Isn’t Going Out\, About Alice\, Qui
 te Enough of Calvin Trillin\, Jackson\, 1964\, and No Fair! No Fair! (with
  Roz Chast).\n\nSupport for this event was provided by Elizabeth and Sheff
 ield Hale.
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SUMMARY:Kick-off Event: An Education in Georgia: Then and Now
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