Book Talks
Winthrop University
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EST
Location: DIGS-150B (Richardson Ballroom B – Half), Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
This event will feature Dr. Aaron G. Fountain, an independent scholar who is also a Winthrop University alum and McNair Scholar. It will focus on his new book; High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America.
The Writer’s Center
Date: Thursday, March 26
Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. EST
Location: Virtual (Free)
The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of nonfiction! We’re joined by author Aaron Fountain for a discussion of his new publication, High School Students Unite! Aaron is in conversation with Amy Freeman, author and Development Director at The Writer’s Center.
Previous Events
Book Passage
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2026
Location: Book Passage, San Francisco, CA (Ferry Building Store)
Join Aaron G. Fountain Jr. at Book Passage for a discussion of High School Students Unite!: Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America, exploring how teenage activists reshaped U.S. schools and helped spark major reforms.
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Charis Books & More
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026
Location: Charis Books & More (virtual event)
Aaron G. Fountain Jr. visits Charis Books & More to talk about High School Students Unite! and the role of high school students in the civil rights, Black freedom, and antiwar movements, with special attention to education reform and surveillance.
Policing Blackness, Resisting Repression: Police Violence and Surveillance
Date: Thursday, February 5
Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYPL), New York, NY
As part of the Conversations in Black Freedom Studies series, this panel explores the intertwined histories of policing, Black freedom struggles, and state surveillance. Aaron G. Fountain Jr. joins fellow scholars to discuss how police violence and intelligence gathering targeted Black communities and youth movements, and how activists resisted repression.
Morgenstern Books
Date: Tuesday, February 17
Location: Morgenstern Books & Café, 849 South Auto Mall Road, Bloomington, IN 47401
Join us for an evening with author, historian, and public scholar Aaron G. Fountain Jr. to celebrate his latest book, High School Students Unite!: Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America. Aaron will be joined in conversation for this event by IU professor Ellen D. Wu.
Photo credit: Jason McGraw
Aaron G. Fountain, Jr., PhD 