Coming Soon to the College of Coastal Georgia…
The College of Coastal Georgia has been selected by Georgia Humanities to host the Smithsonian exhibit Voices and Votes: Democracy in America.
Voices and Votes is based on a major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History called American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith. The exhibit has many dynamic features, including historical and contemporary photos, educational and archival video, engaging multimedia interactives with short games and additional footage, photos and information, and historical objects like campaign souvenirs, voter memorabilia, and protest material.
Our democracy demands action, reaction, vision, and revision as we continue to question how to form “a more perfect union.” From the revolution and suffrage, to civil rights and casting ballots, everyone in every community is part of this ever-evolving story – the story of democracy in America.
November 1, 2026 | 6 p.m. | Southeast Georgia Conference Center
Voices and Votes Opening Ceremony with keynote speaker, former United States Deputy Attorney General, Larry Thompson
November 1, 2026 | 6 p.m. | Southeast Georgia Conference Center
Glynn Visual Arts “Expressing Democracy: A Patchwork of Voices” Exhibit
November 2, 2026 | 6 p.m. | Stembler Theatre
Women’s Voices of Glynn Documentary Screening
November 4, 2026 | 6 p.m. | Jekyll Island Museum, Jekyll Island
Mosaic, Jekyll Island Museum “Jekyll Island Club and the History of the Suffragettes”
November 12, 2026 | 6 p.m. | Southeast Georgia Conference Center
Coastal Georgia Historical Society “Patriot versus Loyalist Debate”
November 16, 2026 | 5:30 p.m. | Stembler Theatre
Thiokol Memorial Project “The Day that Shook Georgia” screening
November 6, 2026 | 4 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. | December 12, 2026 | 5:30 p.m.
City of Brunswick First Friday and the Christmas Parade
December 7, 2026 | 6 p.m. | Stembler Theatre
Glynn Environmental Coalition Retrospective of Glynn County Environmental Justice Fight
TBA:
Historic Harrington School and Coastal African American Historic Preservation Commission
December 11, 2026 | 5:30 p.m. | Southeast Georgia Conference Center
Closing Ceremony
Voices & Votes: Democracy in America Exhibit
College of Coastal Georgia Dates:
Nov. 1, 2026 – Dec. 13, 2026
Contact Information:
Dr. Kyle Fox
Assistant Professor of Communication
Education
Ph.D. in Humanities/African American Studies, Clark Atlanta University
M.A. in Communication Studies, The University of Alabama
B.A. in Political Science/African American Studies, The University of Alabama
Teaching and Research Interests / Recent Publications or Scholarly Output
A true interdisciplinarian, I teach several humanistic disciplines – Communication, English, American Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies. My research interests focus on the construction and performance of gendered and raced identities, specifically, Black masculine identities.
Recent Publications:
“Here They Come, Y’all:” Black Studies, Dr. Daniel Black, and Reflections from The Black School of Thought,” Research Issues in Contemporary Education, Special Issue 2025. Vol. 10, Issue 1
Lift Your Voice: Public Speaking in the HBCU Classroom, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Spring 2023
“A Time to Weep: Employing Space and Place to Teach African American Literature,” Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Praxis, Winter 2023