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Film Screening and Book Conversation with Emory Alumna Edda L. Fields-Black
Join the James Weldon Johnson Institute, in partnership with CEBA, on Friday, October 23, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM for a screening of Harriet, followed by a conversation with Emory alumna and 2025 Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edda L. Fields-Black about her acclaimed book, COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War. An audience Q&A will follow the conversation.
The event will take place in the Oxford Road Presentation Room, located on the top floor of the Oxford Road Building, 1390 Oxford Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Dr. Edda Fields-Black (Author)
Professor of History
Carnegie Mellon University