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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Russell Lee, the most prolific of the Farm Security Administration photographers who documented the nation in the 1930s and 1940s, is the subject of a new book co-published by the Library. Lee's 19,000 photographs for the FSA are preserved at the Library.
Posted in: Farm Security Administration Photographs, News, Photos
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library recently acquired courtroom artist Mary Chaney's sketches from the trials of Rodney King in Los Angeles from 1992-1994. The Black motorist was beaten viciously by white police officers after a high-speed chase in 1991. The acquittal of the officers in state court set off days of deadly riots and became a touchstone in American society.
Posted in: African American History, Civil Rights, Crime and Punishment, News
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
In a National Book Festival Presents conversation that premieres tonight (June 5), Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie Bunch discuss the national protests that have roiled the nation after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
Posted in: African American History, Civil Rights, Crime and Punishment, National Book Festival, News
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Garth Brooks, winner of the 2020 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, will be in conversation with his wife, fellow country-music star Trisha Yearwood, and Librarian Carla Hayden at the Library's Coolidge Auditorium on March 2, 2020.
Posted in: Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Music, News
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Cokie Roberts, the longtime Washington journalist, author and broadcaster, has died at age 75. She was a devoted supporter of the LIbrary.
Posted in: National Book Festival, News, Women's History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This week the Library is launching the Constitution Annotated, a website that provides online access to a massive Senate document that has served for more than a century as the official record of the U.S. Constitution.
Posted in: New Online, News
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This post was first published on “From the Catbird Seat,” the blog of the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center. Rob Casper, head of the center, wrote it. Today is one of the biggest days of the year for the Poetry and Literature Center — it’s the day of the poet laureate announcement. I want to …
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Chronicling America, the Library's online searchable database of historic U.S. newspapers, now includes more than 15 million pages.
Posted in: News, Newspapers