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Archive: August 2015 (2 Posts)

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

A Founder and a Firebrand

Posted by: Jennifer Gavin

The nation and the world are mourning the passing of civil-rights activist Julian Bond, who died on Saturday in Florida at age 75. Brought up in an intellectual family, he was a skinny, witty, articulate young man when he helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, in 1960, traveling around the south to …

Posted in: American Folklife Center, Collections, Congress, Education, Exhibitions, LC Web site, Manuscripts, Poetry

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

Freshening Our Perspectives

Posted by: Jennifer Gavin

For more than a decade, the Library of Congress has been pleased to participate in an internship program sponsored by the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities, or HACU. Talented young students work paid, 15-week internships with various Library divisions, getting a hands-on view of the options here and helping us get the work done …

Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, Education, Libraries, Manuscripts, Poetry, Technology, Washington DC