The UGA Libraries will host a series of events in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Gone With the Wind on May 6 and 7. A symposium will be held in room 101 of the UGA Miller Learning Center on Saturday, May 7. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required by May 4. Event organizers will allow non-registrants to participate if space permits.
Featured speakers include John Wiley, author of Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With the Wind”: A Best Seller’s Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood and Herb Bridges, author of six books on the subject of Gone With the Wind. There will also be a screening of Change in the Wind, a documentary which looks at the surprising friendship that arose between Margaret Mitchell and Dr. Benjamin Mayes, President of Morehouse College. For a complete list of speakers and times on Saturday's agenda, as well as other 75th anniversary events please see:
