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URL:https://www.georgiahistory.com/events/how-civic-engagement-changed-ame
 rica-in-the-20th-century/
SUMMARY:How Civic Engagement Changed America in the 20th Century: A Convers
 ation with Dr. Kevin Gaines
DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin the Georgia Historical Society for a special conversat
 ion with Dr. Kevin Gaines\, the Julian Bond Professor of Civil Rights and 
 Social Justice at the University of\nVirginia\, and Dr. Stan Deaton\, Dr. 
 Elaine B. Andrews Distinguished Historian at GHS.\n\nTogether\, Gaines and
  Deaton will explore how civic engagement changed America in the years fol
 lowing World War II. How did the right to vote and the meaning of citizens
 hip expand and evolve during those years? How has the right to vote been c
 hallenged over time? What is the role of frequent\, free\, and open electi
 ons\, and how have Americans participated in them? What does history say a
 bout the peaceful transfer of power?\n\nWe hope you’ll join us for a tim
 ely conversation about civic engagement and the ways Americans have partic
 ipated in and changed America over time.\nThe program takes place on Wedn
 esday\, October 14\, 2026\, beginning at 7:00 p.m.\, at the Jimmy Carter 
 Presidential Library\, 441 John Lewis Freedom Pkwy NE\, in Atlanta.\nThe e
 vent is free and open to the public.\nPlease register here.(opens in new t
 ab)\n\n\nIn partnership with\n\n\n\n\nAbout Kevin Gaines\n\n\nKevin K. Gai
 nes is the Julian Bond Professor of Civil Rights and Social Justice at the
  University of Virginia\, with a joint appointment in the Corcoran Departm
 ent of History and the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American an
 d African Studies.  He is author of Uplifting the Race: Black Leadership\
 , Politics\, and Culture During the Twentieth Century (University of North
  Carolina Press\, 1996)\, and American Africans in Ghana: Black Expatriate
 s and the Civil Rights Era (UNC Press\, 2006).  His forthcoming book is T
 he African American Journey: A Global History (Oxford University Press). 
  He is a past president of the American Studies Association (2009-10).\n\n
 His essays\, columns\, and reviews on African American history\, art\, mus
 ic\, literature\, and culture have been published in major academic journa
 ls\, including American Quarterly\, The American Historical Review\, The J
 ournal of American History\, American Literary History\, Small Axe\, Radic
 al History Review\, Social Text\, and such newspapers as the New York Time
 s and the Providence Journal.  He has lectured at universities throughout
  the U.S. as well as internationally\, in Japan\, Korea\, England\, Irelan
 d\, France\, Ghana\, South Africa\, and Australia.
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