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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Applications for the Library's Junior Fellows Summer Internship Program for 2021 are open until November 30. College students are invited to apply.
Posted in: Junior Fellows Program, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Newly colorized photographs from the 1963 March on Washington show the historic day in a new light.
Posted in: African American History, New Online, Photos, Researcher Stories, Today in History, Washington DC
Posted by: Carla D. Hayden
A remembrance of Rep. John Lewis by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden upon the congressman's death on July 17, 2020.
Posted in: African American History, Civil Rights, Congress, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's collections document the historic 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest protests for social justice in national history, in our Changemakers series.
Posted in: African American History, Exhibitions, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This newsletter is the first in a series of guest blogs from Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.
Posted in: Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
It's peak cherry blossom season and the gorgeous trees are highlighted this month in the Library's Free to Use and Reuse sets of copyright-free photographs, prints and illustrations.
Posted in: Free to Use and Reuse, Photos, Pic of the Week, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
One summer night in the White House in 1862, John Nicolay, Lincoln's secretary, wrote his future wife a whimsical letter about how "all bugdom" was swarming his office, attracted by the light of gas lamp.
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Manuscripts, New Online, Washington DC