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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Transcription of the Library's Mary Church Terrell Papers was selected as the 2021 Douglass Day service project by the Colored Conventions Project, and you can take part via the Library's By the People crowdsourcing program.
Posted in: African American History, By the People, Women's History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Feb. 2021 set of Free to Use and Reuse Photographs in the Library's collections highlights African American Women Changemakers. We highlight the careers of Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer and Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
Posted in: African American History, Civil Rights, Congress Blogs, Free to Use and Reuse, Photos, Women's History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío died 105 years ago this week, but still looms over Latin American verse. Sergio Ramírez, a Nicaraguan author who wrote a book about Darío, discusses his legacy in an interview.
Posted in: Hispanic Division, Poetry
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Cary Odell of the Library's National Recording Registry is back with another entry in his Mystery Photo Contest from our celebrity files.
Posted in: Mystery Photo Contest
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literatures, uses his February newsletter to celebrate Black History Month.
Posted in: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Posted by: Brett Zongker
The Library today announced a new, multiyear initiative to connect more deeply with Black, Hispanic, Indigenous and other minority communities by expanding its collections, using technology to enable storytelling and offering more internship and fellowship opportunities, supported by a $15 million investment from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Posted in: News, Social Media, Technology
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Library historian Margaret McAleer recounts this unlikely White House pets story, the tale of Rebecca the Raccoon in the Coolidge administration.
Posted in: Kids, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Julie Miller, the Library's historian of early America, explains in this short video how Americans began the tradition of presidential inaugurations with the ceremonies for George Washington.
Posted in: American Revolution, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Carla D. Hayden
Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, congratulates Amanda Gorman on her sensational poetry reading at the presidential inauguration and remembers a 2017 reading Gorman gave at the Library.
Posted in: Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate, Writers