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Texas Southern University Library to Receive Rare Speech Recordings

Texas Southern University today will take possession of recorded speeches by Langston Hughes, Malcolm X and Fannie Lou Hamer, among others, that are being donated by Pacifica Radio Archives’ S.O.S. (Save Our Sound) Tour.

January 23, 2007

Faculty & Staff

In Memorian

In Memorian Gerald M. Boyd: The first Black managing editor of the New York Times, Boyd was instrumental in coverage that won the newspaper three Pulitzers: for articles about the first World Trade Center bombing, for a series on children of poverty, and for a series on race relations in the United States. It was […]

December 27, 2006

Jackson Proposed As Site For Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

JACKSON, Miss. Before the Freedom Riders came to Jackson, nine Black students from Tougaloo College entered the city’s segregated main library branch and began reading.

December 21, 2006

Minority Librarians Seek To Update Image of White ‘Bun Lady’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Librarians have long been portrayed as the little old White lady with her hair in a bun and glasses on a chain around her neck, “shushing” noisy people, but Deborah Lilton represents a more modern image.

December 18, 2006

Washington University Starts Civil Rights Online Database

ST. LOUIS Washington University in St. Louis has created an electronic library that provides free public access to important civil rights cases, including settlements, court orders, opinions, case study research, key filings and other documents.

November 27, 2006

Historians John Hope Franklin, Yu Ying-shih Named Winners of 2006 John W. Kluge Prize for the Study of Humanity

Drs. John Hope Franklin and Yu Ying-shih have been named the recipients of the third John W. Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the study of humanity, the Library of Congress announced Wednesday. They will share the $1 million prize.

November 14, 2006

Ohio State Students Protest Closing of Black Studies Library

COLUMBUS, Ohio A student group has created an online petition protesting the closure of two Ohio State University campus libraries: the Black studies library and the women’s studies library.

November 13, 2006

Grants & Awards

Baltimore City Community College has received a $14,235 grant from the Verizon Foundation to integrate computer technology into the institution’s English as a Second Language program. The National Science Foundation has awarded Hampton University (Va.) a five-year, $5 million grant to fund the Center for Laser Science and Spectroscopy, known as C.L.A.S.S. The center, based […]

September 20, 2006

A Life’s Work Washed Away

When Hurricane Katrina barreled toward land just over a year ago, University of New Orleans librarian emeritus Marina Espina…

September 6, 2006

Yale Gets Black Panthers Drawings From Murder Trial In New Haven

Courtroom sketches of the dramatic Black Panthers murder trial 35 years ago are coming home to New Haven.

August 9, 2006

Internationally Known Archivist to Head Up Martin Luther King Jr. Collection

Morehouse College has hired Brenda S. Banks as Chief Archivist to facilitate organizing more than 10,000 pieces of the Martin Luther King Jr. Collection at Morehouse College, King’s undergraduate alma mater.

July 23, 2006

Push For Simpler Spelling Persists Despite Lack Of Public Interest

When “say,” “they” and “weigh” rhyme, but “bomb,” “comb” and “tomb” don’t, wuudn’t it maek mor sens to spel wurdz the wae thae sound? Those in favor of simplified spelling say children would learn faster and illiteracy rates would drop. Opponents say a new system would make spelling even more confusing.

July 9, 2006

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