MSU holds ‘transcribe-a-thon’ for works of historic early Black civil rights icon
Community members gathered at Michigan State University on Friday for a ‘transcribe-a-thon’ in honor of an early civil rights trailblazer.
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ALA, AASL decry U.S. Defense Department censorship of schools and libraries on military installations
DoDEA school libraries provide a wealth of information and resources to their communities. By ordering the removal and ...
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Intern Finds Only Known Surviving Copy of ‘The Heart of Lincoln,’ a Silent Film Thought to Be Lost to History
Released in 1915, the film was directed by Francis Ford, the brother of famed filmmaker John Ford. It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost" ...
Valentine’s Day is for movie lovers, plus the week’s best films in L.A.
Also this week: "Wild at Heart" in 35mm, another edition of the Nitrate Film Festival kicks off at American Cinematheque and the Michael Roemer renaissance continues.
The Erasing of American Science
The government has funded science and then largely left well enough alone. Scientific agencies have been staffed by ...
Documentaries to concerts, more than a dozen ways to celebrate Black History Month in OKC
For four decades, the USA has officially celebrated Black History Month, but efforts to honor African American history in ...
Mass. city was home to abolitionist who celebrated his birthday on Valentine's Day
A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...
Greeting card companies invented Valentine's Day? Here's the holiday's history
While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial greeting cards by centuries.
Vintage photos show what life was like under Trump's tariff hero, William McKinley
President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.
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Trump Seizes Control of Kennedy Center, Tightening Grip on American Institutions
President Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center has sparked widespread criticism, as it marks a significant shift toward ...
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Library of Congress honored Gendebien’s request to limit access to controversial interview, but now he’s asked them to repost it
The Library of Congress has removed online access to a 2013 TAUNY interview that was used as ammunition by Republicans to ...
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How Alice Hamilton Waged a One-Woman Campaign to Get the Lead Out of Everything
At first a crusader for workplace safety, the trained physician railed against the use of the toxic and ubiquitous material ...