"Soul of a People" program series Kicks-Off

Come to the Bull Street Branch of the Live Oak Public Library for the Kick-off to Lane Library's "Soul of a People" program series: give, free events about the history of the Federal Writers' Project.

Here's what is happening this Saturday, from 1pm through 5pm:

1:30 Dr. June Hopkins’ address sets the stage for New Deal era and the Federal Writers’ Project.

2 p.m. Dr. Michael Price introduces the American Life Histories including a reading from an oral history about work-life in 1930’s Georgia.

2:30 p.m Dramatic readings from the Slave Narratives, introduced by Dr. Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas;

3 p.m Jamie Keena performs, and discusses, popular music during the 1930’s.

3:30 p.m Dr. Kalenda Eaton will read from “Fire and Cloud” the short story which won Richard Wright first prize in a Story Magazine’s competition for FWP authors and early recognition.

4 p.m Dr. Barbara Fertig on “The Writer's Project gives Folklore a proper home.”

4:30 p.m Jamie Keena performs, and discusses, popular music during the 1930’s.

Enjoy displays about Savannah in the 1930's including a exhibit on the local Federal Writers' Project based on the Collections in the Georgia Historical Society.

For more information about Savannah’s “Soul of a People” series, please visit: http://library.armstrong.edu/soul/index.html or visit the "Soul" Blog.

Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story is a major documentary television program about the Federal Writers’ Project produced by Spark Media, Washington, D.C., and broadcast on the Smithsonian Channel HD. Soul of a People programs in libraries are sponsored by the American Library Association Public Programs Office with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life.