tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674360649538876492018-05-29T04:04:49.654-04:00District of Columbia Public Library- Social Sciences DivisionSocial Sciences Division Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734306188746309856noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-63228362812670518542010-05-12T15:47:00.005-04:002010-05-12T15:57:30.962-04:00All the World's a Stage Book Club in May<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XeU9n2dz38k/S-sG2jpNKtI/AAAAAAAAABE/GLBCOb0wHs8/s1600/H_l_mencken.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XeU9n2dz38k/S-sG2jpNKtI/AAAAAAAAABE/GLBCOb0wHs8/s200/H_l_mencken.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470473706722372306" border="0" /></a><br />The All the World's a Stage Book Club will read biographies of H.L. Mencken in May. Check out a book from the Biography section (you'll find him at call number 92 M536) and then join us for a lively discussion on Monday, May 24 at 7:00 pm in Room 221. See you there!<br /><br /><br /><font size="2">image source: wikimedia commons</font>leanoreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-58570981988917902332010-05-05T09:45:00.003-04:002010-05-05T09:52:36.857-04:00History and Biography Online Research WorkshopThe History-Biography section of the Social Sciences Division will be presenting an online research workshop on May 5, 2010 at 1:30pm. At this workshop we will explore the online resources available through the DC Public Library Web site in the topics of History, Geography, and Biography. The workshop is free and open to the public. No registration is required, and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Join us today in the MLK Computer Lab (Room 311) at 1:30pm to learn more about these resources!leanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-76822549468205365882010-04-07T20:38:00.002-04:002010-04-07T20:43:59.773-04:00April Book Display: Health Care Reform<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S70feFBUQxI/AAAAAAAAAGw/24OVL6zXo78/s1600/stethescope.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" nt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S70feFBUQxI/AAAAAAAAAGw/24OVL6zXo78/s200/stethescope.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif;">This&nbsp;April stop by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Social Sciences Division, Room 220 and review&nbsp; &amp; check out our selection of books related to&nbsp;<strong>Health Care Reform</strong>. In addition to the display,&nbsp;the Division has created a resource guide&nbsp;that will&nbsp;assist you in locating materials in DCPL, and&nbsp;from authoritative&nbsp;government internet resources.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The library has a wide selection of books which focuses on examing various aspects of the&nbsp; health care reform debate in America. In addition, we have books focusing on the policies of the Obama administration and previous presidential administrations.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">If you want more information about&nbsp;the current debate over the accessibility and cost of health care, how the health care industy operates and role of the government with reform&nbsp;search the <a href="http://catalog.dclibrary.org/vufind/Search/Home?lookfor=health+care+reform&amp;type=all&amp;search=new">library's catalog</a> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The book display is located on the second floor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, in the East Lobby outside of room 220.</span>Social Sciences Division Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734306188746309856noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-60066729024021464922010-03-19T17:14:00.002-04:002010-04-17T17:47:58.362-04:00Government and Politics Lecture SeriesThe Social Sciences Division of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library&nbsp;will feature presentations from scholars in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area, as part of its Government and Politics Lecture series,thoughout 2010. The scholars will discuss their recent&nbsp;books, on a wide range of subjects.<br /><br />On April 27, 2010,&nbsp;the Library will host Dr. Lee Ann Fuji, who will discuss her recent book,&nbsp; <b><i>Killing Neigbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda</i></b>.&nbsp; <br /><br />On May 13th the Library will host a presentation by Dr. John Kenneth White, <b><i>Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era. &nbsp;</i></b>These lectures will contribute to an engaging learning experience for all who attend.<br /><br /><b>April 27, 2010 6:30pm Dr. Lee Ann <i>Fuji Killing Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda</i></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S1og3Tu7fdI/AAAAAAAAAGY/ekCmOufACjc/s1600-h/fujii.killing.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S1og3Tu7fdI/AAAAAAAAAGY/ekCmOufACjc/s320/fujii.killing.gif" /></a></div>In a transformative revisiting of the motives behind and specific contexts surrounding the Rwandan genocide, Lee Ann Fujii focuses on individual actions rather than sweeping categories. Fujii argues that ethnic hatred and fear do not satisfactorily explain the mobilization of Rwandans one against another.<br /><br />Fujii's extensive interviews in Rwandan prisons and two rural communities form the basis for her claim that mass participation in the genocide was not the result of ethnic antagonisms. Rather, the social context of action was critical. Strong group dynamics and established local ties shaped patterns of recruitment for and participation in the genocide. This web of social interactions bound people to power holders and killing groups. People joined and continued to participate in the genocide over time, Fujii shows, because killing in large groups conferred identity on those who acted destructively. The perpetrators of the genocide produced new groups centered on destroying prior bonds by killing kith and kin.<br /><br /><b>May 15, 2010 1-3pm Dr. John Kenneth White <i>Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era</i></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S1ohcTggKsI/AAAAAAAAAGg/V8JCFADw1OI/s1600-h/White_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S1ohcTggKsI/AAAAAAAAAGg/V8JCFADw1OI/s200/White_cover.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><b><br /></b>Research and reflections on the American demographic shift that led to the election of President Barack Obama. The election of Barack Obama to the presidency marks a conclusive end to the Reagan era, writes John Kenneth White in Barack Obama's America. Reagan symbolized a 1950s and 1960s America, largely white and suburban, with married couples and kids at home, who attended church more often than not.<br /><br />Obama's election marks a new era, the author writes. Whites will be a minority by 2042. Obama's inauguration was a defining moment in the political destiny of this country, based largely on demographic shifts, as described in Barack Obama's America.<br /><br />These lectures will be in the Auditorium of the <a href="http://www.dclibrary.org/mlk">Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library</a> at 901 G Street NW. The lectures are free and open to the public.Social Sciences Division Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734306188746309856noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-45250462119599440352010-03-17T20:31:00.002-04:002010-03-17T20:45:26.063-04:00Book Talk: "Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S6FzvQklNII/AAAAAAAAAGo/-KzenfIpUqg/s1600-h/struggleoverdemocracy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S6FzvQklNII/AAAAAAAAAGo/-KzenfIpUqg/s320/struggleoverdemocracy.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div>As part of the Government and Politics Lecture Series, the Social Sciences Division is pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/~elliott/faculty/brown.cfm">Dr. Nathan Brown</a> will discuss his recent book <em>Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East. </em>Please join us, on <strong>April 12, 2010 at 6:30pm</strong>, as Dr. Brown, professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at The George Washington University discusses the&nbsp;prospects for democracy, in the Middle East. This&nbsp;book examines this issue in light of the region's sectarianism, culture, religion, security and the promotion of democracy. The book focuses on the challenges of activists, political parties and others working at democratization in the Middle East.<br /><br />The lecture will&nbsp;occur on April 12, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library 901 G St. N.W. Washington, D.C. Auditorium A-5 (A-Level)Social Sciences Division Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734306188746309856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-13393356774450538542010-01-09T11:38:00.016-05:002010-01-10T16:38:33.234-05:00Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Events @ Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S0e2Ttz9FAI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/uC9eOYXoqYc/s1600-h/mlk03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S0e2Ttz9FAI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/uC9eOYXoqYc/s320/mlk03.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The District of Columbia Public Library is sponsoring a wide variety of events in honor and memory of the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Social Sciences Division will host a film series beginning in January 11th at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library&nbsp; on the 2nd Floor, East Lobby, outside Room 220.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><b><i>Citizen King&nbsp;</i>&nbsp;&nbsp; January 11th&nbsp;@ 3pm</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Citizen King</i> traces Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s efforts to recast himself by embracing causes beyond the Civil Rights movement, by becoming a champion of the poor and an outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam. Tapping into a rich archive of photographs, film footage and eyewitness accounts, this film brings fresh insights to King’s journey, his charismatic leadership and truly remarkable impact.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>King Man of Peace in a Time of War&nbsp; </i>January 12th @ 3pm</b><br /></div>Is a fascinating and revealing look at the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., filtered through the prism of the major conflicts: the struggle between black and white America, divisiveness within the Civil Rights movement itself and the war in Vietnam? This film includes archival footage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and exclusive interviews with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, and others.<br /><br /><b><i>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective</i>. January 13th @ Noon</b><br />Dr. King is one of the most respected and admired civil rights and human rights leader in American history. He is know worldwide for his perseverance and dedication to peaceful nonviolent action to effect social and political outcomes. Dr. King was the conscience of the civil rights struggle and became a heroic martyr for the movement. <i>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective</i> offers a one-of-the-kind examination of Dr. King's extraordinary life. This documentary uses rare and largely unseen film footage and photographs. Writer and director, Tom Friedman explores how Dr. King's ideas, thoughts, and causes evolved in the face of the rapidly changing climate of the Civil Rights Movement.<br /><br /><b><i>At the River I Stand</i>&nbsp; January 14th @ Noon</b><br />This documentary reconstructs two eventful months in Memphis in 1968 leading to the tragic death of&nbsp; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Additionally, it documents how the Memphis' Black community rallied behind a strike by<b><i> </i></b>grossly underpaid sanitation workers. Dr. King saw an opportunity to link struggle to his growing, nationwide Poor People's Campaign and challenge the economic power structure of the South.<br /><br /><b>Lectures</b><br /><br />Sunday, January 17 at 1:30 p.m.<br />Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, Civil Rights Activist Robert Artisst, former Freedom Rider Rev. Reginald M. Green and others around the city share stories of Dr. King and what he may have thought about current issues if he were alive today.<br /><br />To view additional Martin Luther King, Jr. related events at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library or throughout the DC Public Library please check out this link <a href="http://www.dclibrary.org/node/2423">http://www.dclibrary.org/node/2423</a><br /><br />You can read more about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr by reviewing a list of books&nbsp;in the Social Sciences Division's&nbsp; <i><a href="http://dcpl-socialsciences.blogspot.com/2010/01/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-select.html">Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. : A Select Bibliography</a></i> .Social Sciences Division Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734306188746309856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-41153536029180061072010-01-08T18:13:00.005-05:002010-01-09T11:30:02.791-05:00Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. : A Select Bibliography<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S0UR0eNWE2I/AAAAAAAAAFo/yT3GNSa7F6Q/s1600-h/Mlkimage.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423760919397536610" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S0UR0eNWE2I/AAAAAAAAAFo/yT3GNSa7F6Q/s200/Mlkimage.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 177px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div face="trebuchet ms" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">COMPILED BY</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The Social Sciences Division<br /><br /></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The D.C. Public Library owns many books related to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This bibliography includes a brief selection, biographies, King’s writings and speeches, books related to the civil rights movement and children’s materials. Please consult the library catalog for additional items and the most current holdings.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">This bibliography includes biographies, video recordings, and children's works, works about the life and works of&nbsp; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biographies<br /></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">92 K53BA</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Barber, Terry. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> Edmonton: Grass</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Roots Press, 2006.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53BE2</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Bennett, Lerone. <span style="font-style: italic;">What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span>, Chicago: Johnson Pub. Co., 1986.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53JO</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Johnson, Charles Richard. <span style="font-style: italic;">King: The Photobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Viking Studio, 2000.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53DY</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Dyson, Michael Eric. <span style="font-style: italic;">I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.,</span> New York: Free Press, 2000.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53E</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968: An Ebony Picture Biography</span>. Chicago: Johnson Pub. Co., 2007.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53FA</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Fairclough, Adam. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> Athens: GA: University of Georgia Press, 1995.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53FRA</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Frady, Marshall. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Penguin Group, 2002.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53HAR</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Harding, Vincent. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, The Inconvenient Hero.</span> Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53JA</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Jackson, Troy. <span style="font-style: italic;">Becoming King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Making of a National Leader. Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century.</span> Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2008.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53LIN</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Ling, Peter J. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> London: Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2002.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53LI</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Lischer, Richard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America.</span> New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53M</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />McElrath, Jessica. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Everything Martin Luther King, Jr. Book: The Struggle, the Dream, the Legacy.</span> Avon, MA: Adams Media, 2008.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53RA</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Ramdin, Ron. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> London: Haus, 2004.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53SI</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Sitkoff, Harvard. <span style="font-style: italic;">King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop</span>. New York: Hill and Wang, 2008.<br /><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Philosophical Thought<br /><br /></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">92 K53BU</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Burns, Stewart. <span style="font-style: italic;">To the Mountaintop: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Sacred Mission to Save America, 1955-1968</span>. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">92 K53BUR</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Burrow, Rufus. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr. for Armchair Theologians</span>. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53DE</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Deats, Richard L. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr., Spirit-Led Prophet: A Biography.</span> Hyde Park, NY: New York City Press, 1999.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53SM</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Smith, Ervin. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Ethics of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: E. Mellen Press, 1981.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />92 K53WA</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Watley, William D. <span style="font-style: italic;">Roots of Resistance: The Nonviolent Ethic of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1985.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />230.6109 W741</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Wills, Richard W. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Image of God.</span> Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />230.6109 B181</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Baldwin, Lewis V. <span style="font-style: italic;">To Make the Wounded Whole: The Cultural Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />261.8092 Z57</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Zepp, Ira G. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Social Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.:Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement</span>. Brooklyn, New York: Carlson Publishing, 1989.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">286.135 D751</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Downing, Frederick L. <span style="font-style: italic;">To See the Promised Land: The Faith Pilgrimage of Martin Luther King, Jr.,</span> Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1986.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />320.01 W232</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Walton, Hanes. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> Westport, CT: Greenwood Pub. Corp., 1971.</span> <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />323.092 W811</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Ayers, Alex, ed. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Meridian, 1993.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.092 J14</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Jackson, Thomas F. <span style="font-style: italic;">From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice.</span> Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.092 J76</span> <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Jones, Clarence B. <span style="font-style: italic;">What Would Martin Say?</span> New York: Harper &amp; Row, 2008.<br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.4092 C68</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Colaiaco, James A. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.: Apostle of Militant Nonviolence.</span> New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.<br /><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Civil Rights Movement<br /><br /></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">92 K53GAR2</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Garrow, David J. <span style="font-style: italic;">Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference</span>. New York: W. Morrow, 1986.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.092 K52</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">King, Coretta Scott. <span style="font-style: italic;">My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1993.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.0922 K878</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Kotz, Nick. <span style="font-style: italic;">Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Laws that Changed America.</span> Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.092 S359</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Schneier, Marc. <span style="font-style: italic;">Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Jewish Community.</span> Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Pub., 1999.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.092 S386</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Schulke, Flip. <span style="font-style: italic;">He Had a Dream: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement.</span> New York: W.W. Norton, 1995.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.092 S9575</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Sundquist, Eric J. <span style="font-style: italic;">King's Dream.</span> New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.092 S958</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Sunnemark, Fredrik. <span style="font-style: italic;">Ring Out freedom! : The Voice of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement.</span> Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2004.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.1196 A146</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Abernathy, Donzaleigh. <span style="font-style: italic;">Partners to History: Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and the Civil Rights Movement.</span> New York: Crown Publishers, 2002.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.1196 B317</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Bass, Patrik Henry. <span style="font-style: italic;">Like a Mighty Stream: The March on Washington, August 28, 1963.</span> Philadelphia: Running Press, 2002.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.1196 M3793</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Kirk, John A. ed. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement: Controversies and Debates.</span> Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.1196 W287</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Warren, Dan R. <span style="font-style: italic;">If it Takes All Summer: Martin Luther King, the KKK, and States' Rights in St. Augustine, 1964.</span> Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2008.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.173 K53D</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Dyson, Michael Eric. <span style="font-style: italic;">April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and Transformation of America. </span>New York: Basic Books, 2008.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">331.8928 B422</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Beifuss, Joan Turner. <span style="font-style: italic;">At the River I Stand: Memphis the 1968 Strike and Martin Luther King.</span> Brooklyn, New York: Carlson Publishing, 1989.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />331.8928 H7723</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Honey, Michael K. <span style="font-style: italic;">Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign.</span> New York: W.W. Norton &amp; Co., 2007.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">973.0496 B816AT</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Branch, Taylor. <span style="font-style: italic;">At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68.</span> New York: Simon &amp; Schuster, 2006.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />973.0496 B816</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Branch, Taylor. <span style="font-style: italic;">Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63.</span> New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />973.0496 B816P</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Branch, Taylor. <span style="font-style: italic;">Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65.</span> New York: Simon &amp; Schuster, 1998.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />973.0496 C747</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Cone, James H. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin &amp; Malcolm &amp; America: A Dream or a Nightmare.</span> Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1991.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.0922 H853</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Howard-Pitney, David. M<span style="font-style: italic;">artin Luther King, Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s: A Brief History with Documents</span>. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.</span> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;"><br />Writings and Speeches<br /><br /></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">92 K53A</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />King, Martin Luther, Jr. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.,</span> New York: Newmarket Press, 2001.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">92 K53A2</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">---. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.,</span> Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">233 K53A </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />---. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Measure of a Man.</span> Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">252.061 K53<br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">---. <span style="font-style: italic;">A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.,</span> New York: Intellectual Properties Management, 1998.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">252.0613 K53</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">---. <span style="font-style: italic;">Strength to Love.</span> Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981.</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">309.173 K53</span><br />&nbsp;<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">---. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Trumpet of Conscience. Massey Lectures.</span> New York: Harper &amp; Row, 1968.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.092 K53C</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">King, Martin Luther. <span style="font-style: italic;">A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,</span> New York: Intellectual Properties Management, 2001.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.092 K53D</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />---. <span style="font-style: italic;">Dream: The Words and Inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span>, Boulder, CO: Blue Mountain Press, 2007.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.4092 K53</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />---. <span style="font-style: italic;">A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr.,</span> San Francisco: Harper &amp; Row, 1986.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.4097 K53</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Clark, Kenneth. <span style="font-style: italic;">King, Malcolm, Baldwin: Three Interviews.</span> Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1985.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.1196 K525</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">---. <span style="font-style: italic;">I Have a Dream.</span> San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.1196 K525LE<br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">---. <span style="font-style: italic;">Letter from the Birmingham Jail.</span> San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1994.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />325.26 K53<br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">---. <span style="font-style: italic;">Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story</span>. New York: Harper &amp; Row, 1958.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />92 K53A3</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">---. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Intellectual Properties Management, 1998.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">92 K53HA</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Hansen, Drew D. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech that Inspired a Nation.</span> Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, 2004.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">306.0973 L881</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Lost Massey Lectures: Recovered Classics from Five Great Thinkers.</span> Toronto: Anansi, 2007.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.092 K53</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />King, Martin Luther, Jr. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Martin Luther King, Jr. Companion: Quotations from the Speeches, Essays, and Books of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.092 M648</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Miller, Keith D. <span style="font-style: italic;">Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Its Sources.</span> NewYork: Free Press, 1992.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.092 Q93</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Eubanks, Steve. comp. <span style="font-style: italic;">Quotable King: Words of Wisdom, Inspiration, and Freedom by and about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: One of America's Great Civil Rights Leaders</span>. Nashville, TN: Towle House Pub., 2002.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.092 R551</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Rieder, Jonathan. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Word of the Lord is Upon Me: The Righteous Performance of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">323.173 K53A</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">King, Martin Luther, Jr. Why We Can't Wait.</span> New York: Harper &amp; Row, 1964.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />323.173 K53W</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />---. <span style="font-style: italic;">Where Do We Go From Here, Chaos or Community? </span>New York: Harper &amp; Row, 1967.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />252.0097 A512</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Cushman, Robert. comp. <span style="font-style: italic;">American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King, Jr</span>. New York: Library of America, 1999.<br /><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">King Assassination<br /><br /></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">364.1524 L266M</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Lane, Mark. <span style="font-style: italic;">Murder in Memphis: The FBI and the Assassination of Martin Luther King.</span> New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1993.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />364.1524 M517W</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Melanson, Philip H. <span style="font-style: italic;">Who Killed Martin Luther King?</span> Berkeley, CA: Odonian Press, 1993.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">364.1524 P424AC</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Pepper, William. <span style="font-style: italic;">An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King.</span> New York: Verso, 2008.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />364.1524 P855K</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Posner, Gerald L. <span style="font-style: italic;">Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Random House, 1998.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />364.1524 R263A</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Ray, James Earl. <span style="font-style: italic;">Who Killed Martin Luther King? : The True Story by the Alleged Assassin.</span> Washington, DC: National Press Books, 1993.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">364.1524 R264</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Ray, John Lary. <span style="font-style: italic;">Truth at Last: The Untold Story of James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2008.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />973.923 R595</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Risen, Clay. <span style="font-style: italic;">A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination.</span> Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &amp; Sons, 2009.<br /><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Children’s Literature<br /><br /></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">JUV 92 KIN</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Feeney, Kathy. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Photo-Illustrated Biography.</span> Mankato, MN: Bridgestone Books, 2002.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">JUV 92 KIN</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Mara, Wil. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Children's Press, 2002.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">JUV 92 KIN</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Myers, Walter Dean. <span style="font-style: italic;">I've seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">JUV 92<br />KING</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Bader, Bonnie. <span style="font-style: italic;">Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?</span> New York: Grosset &amp; Dunlap, 2008.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">JUV 92 KING</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Bolden, Tonya. <span style="font-style: italic;">M.L.K.: Journey of a King</span>. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />JUV 92 KING</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Fandel, Jennifer. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 2006.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />JUV 92 KING</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Fleming, Alice Mulcahey. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Dream of Hope.</span> New York: Sterling Pub. Co., 2008.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />JUV 92 KING</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Hinton, KaaVonia. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> Hockessin, DE: Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2009.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">JUV 92 KING</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Manheimer, Ann S. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.: Dreaming of Equality.</span> Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 2005.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">JUV 92 KING</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Patrick, Denise Lewis. <span style="font-style: italic;">A Lesson for Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Aladdin, 2003.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />JUV 92 KING</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Rappaport, Doreen. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin's Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2001. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />JUV 394.26 RAU</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Rau, Dana Meachen. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Children's Press, 2001.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">JUV 92 KING</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Trueit, Trudi Strain. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. </span>New York: Children’s Press, 2007.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">JUV 92 KIN</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Walker, Pam. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> New York: Children's Press, 2001.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />JUV 323.09 DOERING</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Doering, Amanda. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Honoring a Civil Rights Hero.</span> Mankato, MN: Capstone Press, 2006.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />JUV 323.09 FARRIS</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Farris, Christine King. <span style="font-style: italic;">March On! : The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World.</span> New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2008.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />JUV 323.09 MICHELSON</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Michelson, Richard. <span style="font-style: italic;">As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom.</span> New York: A.A. Knopf, 2008.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">JUV 394.26 NOBLEMAN</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Nobleman, Marc Tyler. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.</span> Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books, 2005.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />JUV E MCNAMARA</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />McNamara, Margaret. <span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.</span> New York: Capstone Press, 2007.<br /><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Videorecordings<br /><br /></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">DVD 92 K53B</span> <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Citizen King</span>, Produced and directed by Orlando Bagwell and W. Noland Walker. 120 min. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 2004. Videodisc.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">DVD 92 K53W</span> <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A Historical Perspective.</span> Produced and directed by David Kalish. 80 min. Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Pictures, Inc, 2002. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Videodisc.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">DVD 323.092 K52</span> <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">King Man of Peace in a Time of War.</span>60 min. North Hollywood, CA: PassPort Video, 2007. Videodisc.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">DVD<br /><br />323.092 M379</span> <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream</span>, 25 min. Rolling Bay, WA: Nostalgia Co., 2004, Videodisc.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />DVD 323.0973 E97</span> <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Eyes on the Prize.</span> Produced and directed by Henry Hampton. 120 min. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 2006, Videodisc.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />DVD 323.0923 V889</span> <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Voices of Civil Rights</span>, Produced and directed by Jeffrey Tuchman. 243 min. Burlington, VT: A&amp;E Home Video, 2006. Videodisc.</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />DVD JUV 394.26 MAR</span> <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> Day 23 min. Wynewood, PA: Schlessinger Media, 2004. Videodisc.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">VIDEO JUV 92 KIN</span> <br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</span> Produced and directed by Melissa Reilly and Paul R. Gagne. 8 min. Norwalk, CT: Weston Woods, 2002. Videodisc.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S0USPpDT3sI/AAAAAAAAAFw/aG4OiVd_JPE/s1600-h/logo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423761386164707010" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S0USPpDT3sI/AAAAAAAAAFw/aG4OiVd_JPE/s200/logo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 167px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a> <br /><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Social Sciences Division</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />901 G Street NW, Room 220</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Washington, DC 20001<br /><br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">January 2010</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><br /></div>Social Sciences Division Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734306188746309856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-6298487376395404012010-01-07T11:50:00.014-05:002010-01-07T17:44:42.703-05:00Reverend Walter E. Fauntoy Speaks @ Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S0YcAghrknI/AAAAAAAAAGI/usFQLQbYtQI/s1600-h/fauntroy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424053596271121010" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S0YcAghrknI/AAAAAAAAAGI/usFQLQbYtQI/s200/fauntroy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 108px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 96px;" /></a><br /><br />The DC Public Library is pleased to announce that the Reverend Walter E. Fauntroy, former Congressional Delegate for the District of Columbia and civil rights activist will speak on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, in the Great Hall. He will discuss his new book <span style="font-style: italic;">This is My Story. This is My Song: A Pastor and His People, </span>which documents his 50 years of service to the New Bethel Baptist Church, in Washington, D.C.<br /><br />Fauntroy, a Washington, D.C. native grew up in the Shaw neighborhood of the District of Columbia, during the midst of the Great Depression. A graduate of Virginia Union in 1955 with a degree in history, Fauntroy entered Yale University on a scholarship. In 1958 the school awarded him a Bachelor of Divinity.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Civil Rights Activist<br /><br /></span> Fauntroy as an activist experimented with the concept of nonviolent civil disobedience, in Washington, D.C. He organized students and began picketing Woolworth stores and businesses that refused black patronage. He also led the District's Interdenominational Ministers Alliance in protesting the removal of blacks from valuable downtown land. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. selected Fauntroy to lead the Washington Bureau of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, SCLC, in 1960. In 1963, Fauntroy was responsible for planning and coordinating the logistics for the March on Washington, in which Dr. King made his famous <span style="font-style: italic;">I have a Dream </span>speech.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Washington D.C. Congressional Delegate 1971 to 1990<br /><br /></span>In 1970 President Nixon signed into law a provision for an elected nonvoting delegate to the Congress from the District of Columbia. Fauntroy was elected as the first nonvoting congressman from the District of Columbia, in 100 years. In Congress, Fauntroy was a instrumental in campaigning for home rule in the District of Columbia, an elected municipal government chosen by the people for the District. Fauntroy skillfully guided home rule legislation through Congress, giving the District's majority black population locally elected government in 1975. After nearly twenty years of distinguished Congressional service, in 1990, Fauntroy relinquished his Congressional seat to run for District mayor. He was succeeded by Eleanor Holmes Norton, as the District's Congressional Delegate.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church</span><br /><br />From the New Bethel Baptist Church in Shaw, Reverend Fauntroy started his social minstry and retired in January 2010, after 50 years of service.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bibliography</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Walter Edward Fauntroy” in Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007</span>. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Adminstration by the Office of History &amp; Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 2008.Social Sciences Division Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734306188746309856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-18217108425787818162010-01-07T11:30:00.008-05:002010-01-07T18:35:23.683-05:002010 New Year's Resolutions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S0YQdUkdQYI/AAAAAAAAAGA/iRxsQdBB3s0/s1600-h/Happy+New+Year.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/S0YQdUkdQYI/AAAAAAAAAGA/iRxsQdBB3s0/s200/Happy+New+Year.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424040897138213250" border="0" /></a><br />Get 2010 off to a brand new start! Come by Room 220 to check out the book display on New Year's Resolutions. The Division has selected several interesting titles related to popular New Year's resolutions, according to <a href="http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/New_Years_Resolutions.shtml">USA.gov</a>.<br /><br />Here is a list of a few selected titles:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">306.89 G171</span><br />Gallion, Ayesha J. <span style="font-style: italic;">No More Baby's Mama Drama: Keeping it out of Your Life and Marriage</span>. New York: Dafina, 2005.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">155.9042 H279</span><br />Hargreaves, Gerard. <span style="font-style: italic;">Stress Management: Self-Development for Success</span>. New York: American Management Association, 1998.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">306.81 I73</span><br />Isaacson, Clifford E. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Good-For-You Marriage : How a Better Marriage Can Improve Your Health, Prolong Your Life, and Ensure Your Happiness</span>. Avon, Mass. : Adams Media, 2008.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />362.2928 J42</span><br />Jay, Jeff. <span style="font-style: italic;">Love First : A Family's Guide to Intervention</span>. Center City, Minn. : Hazelden, 2008.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">155.9042 L326</span><br />LaRoche, Loretta. <span style="font-style: italic;">Relax-- You May Only Have a Few Minutes Left : Using the Power of Humor to Overcome Stress in Your Life and Work</span>. New York : Villard 1998.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">302.3408 L412</span><br />Lavinthal, Andrea. <span style="font-style: italic;">Friend or Frenemy? : A Guide to the Friends You Need and the Ones you Don't</span>. New York : Harper, 2008.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">363.7387 R847</span><br />Rothschild, David de. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Global Warming Survival Handbook : 77 Essential Skills to Stop Climate Change--or Live Through It.</span> New York: Melcher Media, 2007.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />362.2918 S218</span><br />Sandor, Richard S. <span style="font-style: italic;">Thinking Simply About Addiction : A Handbook for Recovery</span>. New York : Penguin, 2009.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">361.37 S879</span><br />Stone, Suzanne. <span style="font-style: italic;">Volunteering Around the Globe : Life-Changing Travel Adventures</span>. Sterling, Va. : Capital Books, 2008.Social Sciences Division Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734306188746309856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-21225792686040837722009-11-17T17:47:00.075-05:002010-01-11T12:40:36.001-05:00Black History Month 2010 Events @ Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library<b>“Re-Enslavement </b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><i></i></b><b>Revisited” Art Exhibition Opening<br /></b>February 1 – 28, 2010<br />In celebration of 2010 Black History Month, the Art Exhibition entitled<br /><b>“<i>Re-enslavement Revisited</i>”</b> will open at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on <b>February 1, 2009</b> at <span style="font-weight: bold;">6:00pm</span> in the Great Hall. The month-long exhibit features celebrated artists Terry Dixon and Robert Morris. Their re-enslavement artwork was inspired by Douglas Blackmon’s 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning volume in general non-fiction, <i>Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of African Americans from the Civil War to World War II</i>. The exhibit is designed to highlight the role of major corporations and local government in denying southern blacks their civil rights through the power of judicial and penal systems.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7xj0VP-_I/AAAAAAAAAD4/H8cjaHBkHXo/s1600-h/Dixon_Title_Re-Enslavement_Mixed_Media_78x78_inches_Copyright2008.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413029399791401970" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7xj0VP-_I/AAAAAAAAAD4/H8cjaHBkHXo/s200/Dixon_Title_Re-Enslavement_Mixed_Media_78x78_inches_Copyright2008.jpg" style="float: left; height: 80px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 80px;" /></a>Mr. Dixon</b> is a native of Washington, DC who received his BFA degree from the Atlanta College of Art in 1992 and his MFA degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995. In the May 2005 issue of <i>BusinessWeek Magazine</i>, he was featured as an emerging interdisciplinary artist to start collecting. Earlier this year, he won the First Annual Art-in-Residence position at the Chicago Southland Arts Alliance. Most recently, he was the featured artist on the cover of<br /><i>The International Review of African American Art</i>.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7x8OiXSLI/AAAAAAAAAEA/s2CjAqQwSLU/s1600-h/Morris_BayLane.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413029819142588594" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7x8OiXSLI/AAAAAAAAAEA/s2CjAqQwSLU/s200/Morris_BayLane.jpg" style="float: left; height: 72px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 77px;" /></a>Mr. Morris</b> is the Director of External Affairs at the Georgia Ports Authority in Savannah, Georgia. He studied art at The Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC) and Tulane University in New Orleans. His one man show “20” was held at the Book Lady Bookstore in Savannah, in June 2008. His exhibit, “<i>Slavery by Another Name</i>,” took place at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum in Savannah on May 15, 2009. Both artists return for a brief slide presentation on <b>Tuesday, February 23, 2010</b> beginning at <b>5:30 p.m</b>.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7yLyupw9I/AAAAAAAAAEI/bmXNMr9_lMc/s1600-h/Russlynn+Ali+2.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413030086555845586" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7yLyupw9I/AAAAAAAAAEI/bmXNMr9_lMc/s200/Russlynn+Ali+2.JPG" style="float: left; height: 80px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 57px;" /></a>The Honorable Russlynn H. Ali with the Shiloh Baptist Church Senior Choir</b><br />February 2, 2010<br /><br />The Honorable Russlynn H. Ali, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, United States. Department of Education will speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on Tuesday, <b>February 2, 2010</b> beginning at <b>6:30 p.m</b>. in the Great Hall. She will examine an aspect of the Department’s role in providing opportunities to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Included in her presentation will be a discussion of the Office of Civil Rights’ enforcement efforts to prohibit discriminatory practices in programs or activities that receive federal, educational funds. The U.S. Senate confirmed President Obama’s March 18th nominee on May 1, 2009. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Ali served as vice president of the Education Trust in Washington, DC, a national advocacy organization that works toward high academic achievement of students at all levels. A former teacher and chief of staff to the president of the Los Angeles School District’s Board of Education, she graduated from American University and Northwestern University School of Law. Before her career in the non-profit sector, she practiced corporate and civil rights law and served on the faculty of the University of Southern California School of Law. She will joined by the Shiloh Baptist Church Senior Choir. The Choir is a widely recognized ensemble in the Metropolitan area. Led by conductor Thomas Dixon Tyler, the Choir has received recognition for its Christmas concerts and the “<i>Anthem of Thanksgiving</i>.” City residents have been captivated by its performance of excerpts from Handel’s “<i>The Messiah</i>” (City Cable 16). The Choir also gained recognition for its popular CD “<i>Praise the Lord! – Gospel Music in Washington, DC</i>.”<br /><br /><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7ymAF7QFI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/r4BB5Nen46w/s1600-h/jackson.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413030536819720274" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7ymAF7QFI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/r4BB5Nen46w/s200/jackson.jpg" style="float: left; height: 90px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 80px;" /></a>Dr. Maurice Jackson, Associate Professor of History, Georgetown University with the Sidwell Friends School Chamber Choir</b><br />February 8, 2010<br /><br />Dr. Maurice Jackson, Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University, will lecture at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on Monday, <b>February 8, 2010 </b>beginning at <b>6:30 p.m.</b> in the Great Hall. Dr. Jackson is the author of the critically-acclaimed book, <i>Let This Voice be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism </i>(2008) His research interests include Race and Revolution in the Atlantic World, African American History and Culture, and African American intellectual history. He has spoken at many events including a symposium at New York University and a celebration that honored pianist Thelonius Monk at Duke University. In keeping with the Black History Month 2010 theme, “<i>The History of Black Economic Empowerment</i>,” Dr. Jackson will talk about the mid 18th Century Quaker leader as an early contributor to black self-sufficiency through education. He will be joined by <i><b>Sidwell Friends School Chamber Choir</b></i>. The Choir has traveled throughout the United and abroad. It has performed at the White House and has participated in the Tunes to Teens program of CASA, The Contempary A Cappella Society. The Choir is directed by John Touchton, Arts Department Chair, Choral Arts Director and Music Teacher.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7ywy7mUWI/AAAAAAAAAEY/cPldi02lR6o/s1600-h/JohnsonEB_sq.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413030722265305442" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7ywy7mUWI/AAAAAAAAAEY/cPldi02lR6o/s200/JohnsonEB_sq.jpg" style="float: left; height: 79px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 72px;" /></a>The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) with the Higher Praise Chorale, Asbury United Methodist Church<br /></b>February 9, 2010<br /><br />The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) will speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on Tuesday, <b>February 9, 2010</b> beginning at <b>6:30 p.m.</b> in the Great Hall. The nine-term congresswoman will focus on some aspect of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). At present, Representative Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. In addition to being a Senior Democratic Whip, she has earned a reputation as a foreign policy expert and has worked to improve human rights around the world. A champion of higher education, she co-founded the House HBCU Caucus in September 2008. During the 107th legislative session, Congresswoman Johnson chaired the Congressional Black Caucus. She will be joined by the <b><i>Higher Praise Gospel Chorale of the Asbury United Methodist Church</i></b>. The Choir is conducted by acclaimed composer, Stephen Key of StepKey Music. Formed ten years ago, the Gospel Chorale gained recognition for its 2007 inspiring benefit concert entitled “<i>From There to Here</i>” in which it performed the works of James Cleveland, Edwin and Walter Hawkins, and Richard Smallwood to name a few of gospel music’s greatest artists.<br /><br /><b>Patrick Lundy and the Ministers of Music In Concert</b><br />February 16, 2010<br /><br />Brace yourself for a handclapping, footstompping gospel feast! At the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on Tuesday, <b>February 16, 2010</b> beginning at <b>6:30 p.m.</b> in the Great Hall, Patrick Lundy and the Ministers of Music will appear in concert. The dynamic singing aggregation began in 1994. It consists of talented vocalists and musicians from the Washington Metropolitan Area. The Choir has traveled throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to appearing at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the U. S. Senate’s Family Thanksgiving Celebration in 2002, the White House in 2002, and on Black Entertainment Television’s “<i>Bobby Jones Gospel Hour</i>," the Choir received the honor of representing the United States at the World’s Fair in Lisbon, Portugal in 1998 where it performed at the opening ceremonies and also spread the gospel in concert at several churches. In 2002, it toured the Bahamas. In addition to producing one album and three CDs, the Choir has performed in concert with many national recording artists such as Yolanda Adams, Richard Smallwood, Kirk Frankland &amp; Family, Shirley Caesar, Dorothy Norwood, and CeCe and Vicki Winans. On November 7, 2009, the Choir celebrated its 15th anniversary with a live recording that featured Tramaine Hawkins.<br /><br /><b>Journalist Gwen Ifill<br /></b>February 22, 2010<br /><br />Gwen Ifill will take center stage at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on Monday, February 22, 2010 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Great Hall. Attorney General Eric Holder’s 2009 Black History Month ‘a nation of cowards’ remarks, along with Harvard Professor Henry Lewis Gates’ July 2009 house arrest, has led to a continuation of the inequality debate. Within the context of the 2010 Black History Month theme, “<i>The History of Black Economic Empowerment</i>,” and her best-selling book, <i>The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama</i><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span>(2009), journalist Ifill will look at race in the age of America’s first black president. She is the moderator and managing editor of “<i>Washington Week</i>” and senior correspondent for the “<i>News Hour with Jim Lehrer</i>.” The political analyst joined both organizations in 1999. A veteran reporter of six presidential campaigns, she moderated the Vice Presidential debates in 2004 and 2008. A book signing follows the lecture.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7zF---BiI/AAAAAAAAAEg/ZpJD4fg3GYw/s1600-h/Douglas+Blackmon+c+Michael+Schwarz.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413031086277920290" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7zF---BiI/AAAAAAAAAEg/ZpJD4fg3GYw/s200/Douglas+Blackmon+c+Michael+Schwarz.JPG" style="float: left; height: 73px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 81px;" /></a>Journalist Douglas Blackmon</b><br />February 23, 2010<br /><br />Douglas Blackmon, the 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner in non-fiction, will discuss his book, <i>Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II</i><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span>(2008) at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall. Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Blackmon will tell the shameful story of a new form of human bondage in which the southern power structure deliberately stripped free black men of their civil rights and profited in human labor. Blackmon currently serves as Atlanta Bureau Chief of the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>. Since the late 1980s, he has written extensively on United States race relations. He joined the <i>Journal</i> as a reporter in 1995. In his role as Bureau Chief, he manages the coverage of major transportation companies and other issues that impact the southeastern United States. Many of his stories have explored the cross section of wealth, race and corporate conduct. A book signing follows the lecture.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7zTbdU-TI/AAAAAAAAAEo/4gYJ9kEAtrc/s1600-h/bluejackets.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413031317259745586" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Sx7zTbdU-TI/AAAAAAAAAEo/4gYJ9kEAtrc/s200/bluejackets.jpg" style="float: left; height: 82px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 71px;" /></a>Dr. Barbara Tomblin</b><br />February 24, 2010<br /><br />Dr. Barbara Tomblin will lecture at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 beginning at 12:00 noon in the Black Studies Center, Room 316. She is the author of <i>Bluejackets and Contrabands: African Americans and the Union Navy</i>. She will focus on the role of escaped slaves in the Union blockage along the Atlantic Coast during the Civil War. A naval historian who earned a doctorate in U.S. History from Rutgers University, she has taught at a number of institutions of higher learning in New Jersey, including Morris County College and Rutgers. In addition to over a dozen articles in subfields of the U.S. Civil War, World War II, and Women the Military, Dr. Tomblin has presented papers at Sienna College and the U.S. Navy Academy. She is the author of two other monographs,<br />(<i>G. I. Nightingales: The Army Nurse Corp in World War II 1996) and With Utmost Spirit: Allied Naval Operations in the Mediterranean 1942-1945</i> (2004).Social Sciences Division Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734306188746309856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-54734602768910135392009-11-09T19:51:00.008-05:002009-11-10T17:06:19.666-05:00Folklore and Legend Film Series<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Svi8NzTZtoI/AAAAAAAAABw/TvExRq-cvvc/s1600-h/arthur.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402274698326816386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yLefXGw6qpc/Svi8NzTZtoI/AAAAAAAAABw/TvExRq-cvvc/s400/arthur.jpg" border="0" /></a> Join us at Martin Luther King, Jr. on November 10 at Noon in the Auditorium A-5 to view the documentary Quest for King Arthur. This production delves into multiple historical figures who may have contributed to Arthurian legend, as early as the third century and as late as the 9th. It cites as our primary source of the legend the writings of Sir Thomas Mallory.<br /><br />The film examines the role of myth and legend to Celtic, Briton, and Anglo-Norman culture. It provides analysis by scholars in literature, archaeology and history on sources for the a historical Arthur or a composite character.<br /><br />Please join the DC Library for this presentation.Social Sciences Division Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734306188746309856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-11150007121746883692009-11-02T16:38:00.012-05:002009-11-02T22:53:40.574-05:00The countdown begins...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/Su9UOvLwQGI/AAAAAAAAEeg/x-QAP2FAKWc/s1600-h/2871162958_21905b1f4e_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/Su9UOvLwQGI/AAAAAAAAEeg/x-QAP2FAKWc/s200/2871162958_21905b1f4e_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399627090401181794" border="0" /></a>The Sociology library associate is moving on to the next chapter in her DCPL adventure at the end of this week. You will find her at the soon-to-be-open Northwest One branch. Make sure to check the DCPL website at <a href="http://www.dclibrary.org">www.dclibrary.org</a> for future library blogs + the calendar of events!<span style="font-size:78%;"><br />image source: flickr commons</span>bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-61881386184024517022009-10-26T16:15:00.009-04:002009-10-26T17:45:16.695-04:00Creative Use of Your Library Card<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SuYWyqFv-uI/AAAAAAAAEeQ/iPsR0iJjtP8/s1600-h/3247306887_b59e7bc3c4_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SuYWyqFv-uI/AAAAAAAAEeQ/iPsR0iJjtP8/s320/3247306887_b59e7bc3c4_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397026262997793506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">image source : flickr commons</span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;">"One girl said she used a butter knife and a library card to break into vacant houses."</span><br /><br />The New York Times published the first of two articles on the increase in youth runaways. This <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/us/26runaway.html?_r=1&amp;ref=global-home">piece</a> supposedly ties runaways with the current economic climate, but only one sentence out of 4 pages mentions the recession. Still, it is definitely worth a read.<br /><br />On a somewhat related note, the Sociology October book displays are on National Domestic Violence Awareness Month as well as Crime Prevention Month. Be sure to check them out in the next few days.<br /><br />Books on street kids/teen runaways: SOC 362.74bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-88441233371878102552009-10-21T11:50:00.006-04:002009-10-24T18:39:56.796-04:00Updated DCPL Website<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/St8uk7LUquI/AAAAAAAAEdY/opy0BmfSZT8/s1600-h/header_banner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 76px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/St8uk7LUquI/AAAAAAAAEdY/opy0BmfSZT8/s400/header_banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395082090508495586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Forgot to post about the <a href="http://www.dclibrary.org">updated DCPL website</a>! Not too shabby. The old CityCat catalog can be reached if you click on "My Account" off the new site, or go to <a href="http://citycat.dclibrary.org/">http://citycat.dclibrary.org</a> and "Try CityCat Now." The catalog on the new site is still in BETA - check back for updates and improvements!<br /><br />Things are going well for the SOC Library Associate holed up in Business and Technology. She is busy perusing Cat Fancy and Organic Gardening magazines, and learning all about HVAC!bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-64537353357101595662009-10-18T14:10:00.008-04:002009-10-18T14:58:18.782-04:00Prison Stripes or Candy Stripes?According to this article, more than 3,000 people die each year of natural causes in US correctional facilities. Of course this is bound to happen with over 7 million people imprisoned in this country and 1/3 of them over 50. This reality has led to a number of hospice programs starting up within correctional facilities. And who better to volunteer at these hospices than prison inmates themselves?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/health/18hospice.html?ref=global-home">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/health/18hospice.html?ref=global-home</a><br /><br />Books on hospice : SOC 362.175<br />Books on prisons/incarceration : SOC 365.973bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-75062507757354822822009-10-08T10:52:00.005-04:002009-10-08T12:26:01.135-04:00DCPL Benefit CD<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/Ss39hMdu0fI/AAAAAAAAEcw/lLMeu2kJmTI/s1600-h/CD-Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/Ss39hMdu0fI/AAAAAAAAEcw/lLMeu2kJmTI/s320/CD-Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390243075755790834" border="0" /></a><br />Stop in to Georgetown's <span style="font-style: italic;">proper topper</span> to pick up a <a href="http://www.propertopper.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product1490.html">dcpl benefit cd</a>. Local bands giving local love for dc public libraries. The CD is only $10 and it all goes to the DCPLfoundation!<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.dcplfoundation.org"><br />www.dcplfoundation.org</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.propertopper.com">www.propertopper.com<br /></a>bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-48776518923553119902009-10-05T11:43:00.015-04:002009-10-26T17:56:53.846-04:00So long for a month!<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SszIjgLLelI/AAAAAAAAEco/3528eN1iANs/s1600-h/2179925802_ca6fbcd825_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SszIjgLLelI/AAAAAAAAEco/3528eN1iANs/s320/2179925802_ca6fbcd825_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389903366313441874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">I am stationed in the lovely Business and Technology division on the first floor during the month of October.<br /><br />Will post If I can!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">image source : flickr commons</span><br /></span></div>bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-46887387861383846972009-09-28T12:42:00.005-04:002009-09-28T12:46:04.182-04:00Shamans! 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Watch PBS's film</span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia;font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;" > <a href="http://www.pbs.org/splithorn/film.html"><i>The Split Horn: Life of a Hmong Shaman in America </i></a>for even more information!</span><o:p></o:p> bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-29590598557814019242009-09-21T14:13:00.009-04:002009-10-26T17:57:16.260-04:00Lincoln Bicentennial Lecture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SrfEAu_YIRI/AAAAAAAAEcE/rb180tLS23A/s1600-h/Horton12-07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 204px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SrfEAu_YIRI/AAAAAAAAEcE/rb180tLS23A/s320/Horton12-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383987396437614866" border="0" /></a><br />Head up to MLK Library's Washingtoniana Division Tuesday 9/22 at 6:30pm for <span style="font-weight: bold;">"From Slavery to Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln in African Memory"</span> presented by Dr. James Horton. Horton is the Benjamin Banneker Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History, George Washington University.<br /><br />Many Scholars believe that as a defender of national unity, leader in war, and freer of slaves, Abraham Lincoln can be considered one of America's greatest presidents. In commemoration of Lincoln's birth, Dr. Horton will shed light on slavery and emancipation.bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-27952468515511838072009-09-17T11:40:00.003-04:002009-10-07T12:09:26.938-04:00Sustain Our Libraries<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SrJZX2A778I/AAAAAAAAEb8/MwcULvB7gDQ/s1600-h/i+heart+my+library+med.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SrJZX2A778I/AAAAAAAAEb8/MwcULvB7gDQ/s320/i+heart+my+library+med.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382462770832469954" border="0" /></a><br />Be on the lookout for some <a href="http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2009/09/sustain_our_libraries_1.html">library themed pastes</a> out and around Pittsburgh.<br /><br />Come on DC!bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-11530134937192155072009-09-15T15:34:00.008-04:002009-10-07T12:09:44.606-04:00Real talk. Book talk.Lots of literary love this week. In a few hours, Marita Golden will speak at MLK Library about her recent middle east travels. Golden was a Fulbright senior scholar in creative writing and visited universities in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. She will speak in the Great Hall at 6:30pm tonight.<br /><br />Want to learn about "the roots of LGBT oppression, the construction of sexual and gender identities, the history of the gay movement, and how to unite the oppressed and exploited to win sexual liberation for all.?" Come to Busboys and Poets tomorrow night 9/16 at 6:30pm to hear Sherry Wolf talk about her new book: <span style="font-style: italic;">Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT Liberation.</span>bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-61590405050460094612009-09-09T17:17:00.013-04:002009-10-07T12:10:00.042-04:00News of note.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/Sqkey_m2gmI/AAAAAAAAEbE/-IKnhP2_YzA/s1600-h/prison.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 230px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/Sqkey_m2gmI/AAAAAAAAEbE/-IKnhP2_YzA/s320/prison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379865091287450210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">source: flickr commons</span><br /></div><br />Wapo has an <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/09/AR2009090901808.html?hpid=topnews">article </a>about the Quest Institutes "Books Behind Bars" program. Apparently a CD-ROM and paper clip halted the entire program. Books Behind Bars donates prisoner-requested books to Virginia Corrections facilities. The active DC based Quixote Center's Books to Prisoners project can be found <a href="http://quixote.org/ej/bookstoprisons/">here</a>.<br /><br />Nytimes has an op-ed by social sciences favorite Michael Pollan. He's got something to say about health care reform and it makes me <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10pollan.html?_r=2&amp;em=&amp;pagewanted=all">hungry</a>.bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-53044055798725038112009-09-08T13:26:00.005-04:002009-09-09T19:04:09.772-04:00National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month<!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} b\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if pub]><xml> <b:publication type="OplPub" oty="68" oh="256"> <b:ohprintblock priv="30E">285</b:OhPrintBlock> <b:dptlpagedimensions type="OplPt" priv="1211"> <b:xl priv="104">7772400</b:Xl> <b:yl priv="204">10058400</b:Yl> </b:DptlPageDimensions> <b:ohgallery priv="180E">259</b:OhGallery> <b:ohfancyborders priv="190E">261</b:OhFancyBorders> <b:ohcaptions priv="1A0E">257</b:OhCaptions> <b:ohquilldoc priv="200E">280</b:OhQuillDoc> <b:ohmailmergedata priv="210E">262</b:OhMailMergeData> <b:ohcolorscheme priv="220E">283</b:OhColorScheme> <b:dwnextuniqueoid priv="2304">1</b:DwNextUniqueOid> <b:identguid priv="2A07">0M''Y!,Y3)D&amp;*ZZ:5V*;M]0</b:IdentGUID> <b:dpgspecial priv="2C03">5</b:DpgSpecial> <b:ctimesedited priv="3C04">1</b:CTimesEdited> <b:nudefaultunitsex priv="4104">0</b:NuDefaultUnitsEx> </b:Publication> <b:printerinfo type="OplPrb" oty="75" oh="285"> <b:ohcolorsepblock priv="30E">286</b:OhColorSepBlock> <b:finitcomplete priv="1400">False</b:FInitComplete> <b:dpix priv="2203">0</b:DpiX> <b:dpiy priv="2303">0</b:DpiY> </b:PrinterInfo> <b:colorseperationinfo type="OplCsb" oty="79" oh="286"> <b:plates type="OplCsp" priv="214"> <b:oplcsp type="OplCsp" priv="11"> <b:ecpplate type="OplEcp" priv="213"> <b:color priv="104">-1</b:Color> </b:EcpPlate> </b:OplCsp> </b:Plates> <b:dzloverprintmost priv="304">304800</b:DzlOverprintMost> <b:cproverprintmin priv="404">243</b:CprOverprintMin> <b:fkeepawaytrap priv="700">True</b:FKeepawayTrap> <b:cprtrapmin1 priv="904">128</b:CprTrapMin1> <b:cprtrapmin2 priv="A04">77</b:CprTrapMin2> <b:cprkeepawaymin priv="B04">255</b:CprKeepawayMin> <b:dzltrap priv="C04">3175</b:DzlTrap> <b:dzlindtrap priv="D04">3175</b:DzlIndTrap> <b:pctcenterline priv="E04">70</b:PctCenterline> <b:fmarksregistration priv="F00">True</b:FMarksRegistration> <b:fmarksjob priv="1000">True</b:FMarksJob> <b:fmarksdensity priv="1100">True</b:FMarksDensity> <b:fmarkscolor priv="1200">True</b:FMarksColor> <b:flinescreendefault priv="1300">True</b:FLineScreenDefault> </b:ColorSeperationInfo> <b:textdocproperties type="OplDocq" oty="91" oh="280"> <b:ohplcqsb priv="20E">282</b:OhPlcqsb> <b:ecpsplitmenu type="OplEcp" priv="A13"> <b:color>134217728</b:Color> </b:EcpSplitMenu> </b:TextDocProperties> <b:colorscheme type="OplSccm" oty="92" oh="283"> <b:cecp priv="104">8</b:Cecp> <b:rgecp type="OplEcp" priv="214"> <b:oplecp priv="F">Empty</b:OplEcp> <b:oplecp type="OplEcp" priv="111"> <b:color>16711680</b:Color> </b:OplEcp> <b:oplecp type="OplEcp" priv="211"> <b:color>52479</b:Color> </b:OplEcp> <b:oplecp type="OplEcp" priv="311"> <b:color>26367</b:Color> </b:OplEcp> <b:oplecp type="OplEcp" priv="411"> <b:color>13421772</b:Color> </b:OplEcp> <b:oplecp type="OplEcp" priv="511"> <b:color>16737792</b:Color> </b:OplEcp> <b:oplecp type="OplEcp" priv="611"> <b:color>13382502</b:Color> </b:OplEcp> <b:oplecp type="OplEcp" priv="711"> <b:color>16777215</b:Color> </b:OplEcp> </b:Rgecp> <b:szschemename priv="618">Bluebird</b:SzSchemeName> </b:ColorScheme> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if pub]><xml> <b:page type="OplPd" oty="67" oh="266"> <b:ptlvorigin type="OplPt" priv="511"> <b:xl>-87325200</b:Xl> <b:yl>-87325200</b:Yl> </b:PtlvOrigin> <b:oid priv="605">(`@`````````</b:Oid> <b:ohoplwebpageprops priv="90E">267</b:OhoplWebPageProps> <b:ohpdmaster priv="D0D">263</b:OhpdMaster> <b:pgttype priv="1004">5</b:PgtType> </b:Page> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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Stop by the Sociology division and pick up a book or two on drugs, addiction, and recovery. Check out <a href="http://www.recoverymonth.gov">www.recoverymonth.gov</a> for resources on how to help and how to get help.bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-52947133365840937702009-08-24T20:28:00.008-04:002009-10-07T12:10:50.480-04:00Holder's can of worms<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SpMx7NOSLbI/AAAAAAAAEZQ/YjGHCjokRV0/s1600-h/Picture1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 121px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SpMx7NOSLbI/AAAAAAAAEZQ/YjGHCjokRV0/s320/Picture1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373693673614749106" border="0" /></a><br />Hanging around mlk library? Start your own 'investigation' into the CIA through the books in the Social Sciences division. Peruse our display table for titles on the CIA, Department of Justice, human rights, terrorism and torture .<br /><br />Here is the NYTimes take on <a href="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/prosecuting-the-cia/#vicki">prosecuting the CIA</a>.<a href="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/prosecuting-the-cia/#vicki"><br /></a>bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467436064953887649.post-73823827459296319432009-08-23T15:28:00.020-04:002009-10-26T17:54:57.705-04:00Questioning the sex of an athlete<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SpGh0TApvcI/AAAAAAAAEYw/mIVv0O_-YmY/s1600-h/3080957193_26dcdc15de_o.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373253750257991106" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 243px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o1Ta8ylUh8/SpGh0TApvcI/AAAAAAAAEYw/mIVv0O_-YmY/s320/3080957193_26dcdc15de_o.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:times new roman;">source : flickr commons</span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Caster Semenya, a South African teenager, won gold in the 800 meter race at the world athletics championship last week. what was quite a remarkable feat - she finished a full 2.45 seconds ahead of the closest opponent- is quickly becoming overshadowed by the debate over her gender.<br /></span><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">While this may seem incredulous to some (including Semenya's family and the South African government), there have been cases of female impersonation in athletics. according to the daily mail, the most famous case is German athlete Dora Ratjen, a high jumper who claimed he was forced by the Nazis to disguise himself as female in the Berlin Olympics. the first athlete to be caught through gender testing was Polish runner Ewa Klobukowska who won medals during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br />The ny times has an interesting piece on Caster Semenya and sex determination in sports <a href="http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/sports/22runner.html?scp=3&amp;sq=caster%20semenya&amp;st=cse">here</a>.<br /><br />Books on women in sports: MUS 796.082<br />B</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ooks on gender and sex: SOC 306.7 </span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207739/Caster-Semenya-defies-gender-row-gold-800m.html?ITO=1490"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ></span></a></div>bobbie deenoreply@blogger.com0
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