Library Of Congress: Ralph Ellison’s “Juneteenth”
The following guest post was written by Barbara Bair, curator of literature, culture and the arts in the Library’s Manuscript Division for the Library of Congress.
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Library Of Congress: The Birth Of Juneteenth, Voices Of The Enslaved
On June 19, 1865, Logan Stroud, one of the largest slave-owners in east Texas, walked to the front porch of his plantation home, which he called Pleasant Retreat.
Library Of Congress Acquires Nearly 100,000 Images By Harlem Photographer Shawn Walker
It’s Halloween in Harlem, sometime in the 1970s. Five children stand in a shadowed doorway: Mickey Mouse and a little monster pose at the top of the steps, while Superman Continue Reading →
Harlem’s Neil Patrick Harris Kicks Off The Library Of Congress National Book Festival
The Library of Congress National Book Festival will expand to include a yearlong series of events – to be known as National Book Festival Presents – leading off with Harlem Continue Reading →
Only Known Surviving Muslim American Slave Autobiography Goes Online At The Library Of Congress
The Library of Congress has acquired and made available online the Omar Ibn Said Collection, which includes the only known surviving slave narrative written in Arabic in the United States.
Library Of Congress Acquires Archive Of Harlem’s Billy “Take the ‘A’ Train” Strayhorn
The Library of Congress announced today that it has acquired the original manuscripts documenting the work of composer, arranger and pianist Billy Strayhorn.