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Archive: March 2021 (8 Posts)

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Join us for Part Three of the Double Take Webinar Series: When Was This Photograph Taken – Thursday, March 25 at 4PM ET

Posted by: Danna Bell

We are excited to host the third installment of the Double Take webinar series on March 25! In this series, specialists from the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division guide the audience through an interactive exploration of some curious and compelling images found in the Library’s collections, share their research strategies, and answer questions. Thursday, March …

Posted in: News and Events

One woman watches as another examines with a magnifying glass an ornate, decorative image on a printed page

Free Webinar—Teaching Poetry: Living Nations, Living Words on March 24, 4-5 ET

Posted by: Danna Bell

Thanks to our colleague Anne Holmes, of the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center, for this post. Register now for this webinar! Join us for an engaging and generative teacher-focused conversation on “Living Nations, Living Words,” U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s signature project. Leading the discussion will be specialists from the Library of Congress and members of …

Posted in: Native American History, News and Events, Poetry and Literature

One woman watches as another examines with a magnifying glass an ornate, decorative image on a printed page

Jason Reynolds: Grab the Mic, March Edition

Posted by: Danna Bell

My mother is 75. And that means a lot. It means she’s lived over 27,000 days, which is a whole bunch of days. It means she remembers when watching television was for fancy people—a luxury. Same as running water. And electricity. She remembers the civil rights movement, the March on Washington, the death of Dr. …

Posted in: Poetry and Literature