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Posted by: Rachel Gordon
This blog post by Junior Fellow Amanda Roberts highlights young people's involvement in the labor movement and profiles the activists Rose Schneiderman, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and Marianna Costa.
Posted in: Researching, Women's History
Posted by: Rachel Gordon
One of the most absorbing and interesting things I get to do at the Library is to explore the amazing collections in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room (P&P) both onsite and online. Regardless of the topic I’m researching, there’s bound to be a wealth of relevant images in the P&P online catalog (PPOC) that …
Posted in: Researching, Sports
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Learn what inspires Angie Thomas in this excerpt from her 2021 National Book Festival talk and related Library of Congress collections.
Posted in: African American History, Lit Bit, Writing
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
The trivia questions in this post were created by Library of Congress Internship (LOCI) program spring 2023 participant Katrina Limson, a MLIS student at San Jose State University. As the dog days of summer goes on, so does the Library of Congress’s partnership with the Washington Nationals—the “team that reads”! On July 31, the Nationals …
Posted in: Sports
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
This post was written by Abigail Sears, a 2022 alumni of the Library of Congress High School Summer Internship program who returned as a volunteer for the program in 2023. During July of 2023, the Library of Congress welcomed twelve teenagers from various parts of the country to participate in its High School Summer Internship …
Posted in: For Teens, Researching
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
This is a guest post written by Jennifer Ezell, an Educational Programs Specialist in the Informal Learning Office, with special thanks to Cameron Penwell, Japanese Reference Specialist in the Asian Division at the Library of Congress. This past April, we hosted our annual Japanese Culture Day event, a celebration of Japanese culture and heritage featuring …
Posted in: Activities & Crafts