A new exhibition at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library explores the president’s “mixed” record on civil rights — and the charged debate over racism in the New Deal.
Tag: Libraries and Librarians
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San Diego Library Protest Against Pride Books Draws a Backlash
Two San Diego residents cleared out the Pride month display at their library and said such materials shouldn’t be available to children, one of several recent clashes over L.G.B.T.Q. issues in California.
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How a Jay-Z Exhibit Took Over the Brooklyn Public Library
“The Book of Hov,” an elaborate summer exhibition at the borough’s main branch, was quietly conceived by his team as a surprise tribute that opens Friday.
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Overdue Book Is Returned to a Library After Nearly 120 Years
The book was checked out in 1904 or 1905, according to the director of the New Bedford Free Public Library in Massachusetts.
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New York Public Library’s Midtown Branch Adds a Cafe and Visitor Center
Behind the stone lions on Fifth Avenue, the New York Public Library’s imposing Fifth Avenue branch has added a new visitor center and an expanded gift shop and cafe.