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For Women’s History Month: “Carnegie’s Libraries” by Alice T. Sorenson
March 5, 2018Who was Alice T. Sorenson?
Read moreVietnam: 50 years after the Tet offensive
March 5, 2018The war-torn capital of a despised dictatorship only half-a-century ago, Ho Chi Minh City is now the economic powerhouse for a country on the move.
Read moreJosephine Baker: Iconic entertainer, Resistance spy, and American hero
March 1, 2018It seems only fitting with Black History Month closing out, and Women’s History Month beginning, to highlight a Black woman who exemplified strength and resilience.
Read more“The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk”: A Valentine to Marc and Bella Chagall
March 1, 2018Who isn’t enchanted by the exuberant canvases of Russian Jewish painter Marc Chagall, with his green cows and red fish and colorful village vignettes of his remembered shtetl youth?
Read moreHonoring Black History Month: “The Children’s March” documentary film
February 27, 2018Dateline Birmingham, Alabama, May 2nd, 1963. One of the most racist and unequal cities in America is witness to an extraordinary show of boldness.
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