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Posted by: Danna Bell
One of the advantages the Library of Congress offers is the range and diversity of its collection. Thus, the inherent value of a manuscript collection is enhanced by collections of a comparable nature in the Manuscript Division and other custodial divisions.
Posted in: African American History, Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Danna Bell
Kate Stewart wants to encourage teachers to incorporate oral histories and interviews to teach recent history. It may be easier to analyze photographs and text, but I think listening to someone tell a personal story can be so much more memorable and engaging.
Posted in: African American History, Culture and Folklife, Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Danna Bell
I am a senior archives specialist in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. My title usually draws blank stares from people, so I follow it quickly with the analogy that an archivist is like an archeologist who works with paper. That declaration gets nods of understanding and interest.
Posted in: African American History, Interviews with Experts, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
In addition to my regular job, I volunteer to work with K-12 students who come to visit our division. During my presentation, I show the students the differences between their neighborhood or school library and a large map research library like the Library of Congress.
Posted in: African American History, Geography and Maps, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Learn about Zora Neale Hurston's time in Florida with the Federal Writers project in the May/June 2015 "Sources and Strategies" article in Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies.
Posted in: African American History, Culture and Folklife, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Anne Savage
Join us for a very special webinar with Teaching Tolerance on Thursday April 16th at 4 ET: Selecting Primary Sources to Examine the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Posted in: African American History, Government and Law, News and Events
Posted by: Anne Savage
On Thursday, March 19 at 4 PM ET, Teaching Tolerance and the Library of Congress will co-facilitate the third in a series of monthly webinars on teaching and learning about the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), News and Events
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
The civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 are seen today as landmark moments in the nation's history. Many of the images created during the heat of that month's confrontations have become iconic representations of turmoil and triumph.
Posted in: African American History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
In the small town of Selma, Alabama, in the early weeks of March 1965, a series of marches took place that brought the nation's civil rights struggle to a point of crisis, and that captured the attention of the world.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present)