Wed, 3 February 2010  Paula Young Shelton, daugther of Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador,Civil Rights Activist Lawrenence Guyot, Community Activist Robert Artisst, former Freedom Rider Rev. Reginald M. Green and other around the city share their stories of Dr. King and what he may have thought about current issues if he were alive today. Comments[0] |
Fri, 22 January 2010  Part 1 of 2 "From Slavery to Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln in African Memory." Comments[0] |
Fri, 22 January 2010  Part 2 of 2 "From Slavery to Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln in African Memory." Comments[0] |
Thu, 22 October 2009  DC Public Library is building new neighborhood branches all around the city from the ground up. Check it out! the Tenley Friendship Library groundbreaking celebration. Comments[0] |
Thu, 8 October 2009  Award- Winning Author Marita Golden talks with E. Ethelbert, Miller, Distinguished Poet and Educator, about her trip as a Literary and Cultural Ambassador to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.Comments[0] |
Thu, 10 September 2009  Dr Medford, author of "the Emancipation Proclamation:Three View"' shares her insight on the effects of the civil war on African Americans.Comments[0] |
Wed, 26 August 2009  Part 1 of 2: Evelyn Banhoh, founder of EAB Creative Planning Services shares with us "How to Become An Entrepreneur". Ms. Bandoh is a Registered Financial Consultant and a NxLevel (Small Business Administration) certified trainer. Comments[0] |
Wed, 26 August 2009 Part 2 of 2: Evelyn Banhoh, founder of EAB Creative Planning Services shares with us "How to Become An Entrepreneur". Ms. Bandoh is a Registered Financial Consultant and a NxLevel (Small Business Administration) certified trainer. Comments[0] |
Wed, 12 August 2009  Writer and poet Lorraine Drumheller talks about the Carson McCuller and the characters in his book "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter". Comments[0] |
Wed, 24 June 2009  Professor Robert Combs of Georgetown University presents thoughtful views and insites into Carson McCullers The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. He includes visual images that represent the symbolism that is reflected in this bookComments[0] |
Wed, 10 June 2009  "Abraham Lincoln was our greatest president and perhaps the most influential American who ever lived. But what is his place in our country today? In this new book, Andrew Ferguson goes searching for Lincoln in homes, museums, national parks, roadside motels, and elsewhere from Rhode Island to Beverly Hills. What he finds is a man whose spirit, mythology, and philosophy continue to shape our national identity in ways both serious and surprising." Comments[0] |
Wed, 20 May 2009  Set in contemporary Pakistan, London, and Egypt, this compelling family drama is a romantic story of love and betrayal in a wealthy Muslim family experiencing conflicts between old traditions and modern life.Comments[0] |
Thu, 14 May 2009  Determined to preserve the Union, Commander-in-Chief Lincoln waged war, suspended habeas corpus, tried civilians before military tribunals, and performed other actions that went beyond the scope of the U.S. Constitution and existing laws. President Lincoln's battle plans--when field commanders finally deployed them--ultimately defeated the South. But was the resulting juggernaut worth the moral and constitutional cost?Comments[0] |
Thu, 7 May 2009  Part 1 of 3: DC Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting, held on March 25, 2009, at the Georgetown Interim LibraryComments[0] |
Thu, 7 May 2009 Part 2 of 3: DC Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting, held on March 25, 2009, at the Georgetown Interim Library Comments[0] |
Thu, 7 May 2009 Part 3 of 3: DC Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting, held on March 25, 2009, at the Georgetown Interim Library Comments[0] |
Wed, 22 April 2009  On June 13, 1862, the Lincolns moved what was left of their family three miles north of the chaotic White House for the summer. Their destination, tradition holds, was a gracious Gothic Revival cottage on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, the nation's first refuge for old and disabled veterans.Comments[0] |
Tue, 21 April 2009  Authors Susan Birch and Hannah Joyner discuss their book, Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson, about a man who was deaf and black in the Jim Crow SouthComments[0] |
Wed, 1 April 2009  Hear excerpts from The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers that tells an unforgettable tale of moral isolation in a small southern mill town in the 1930s. Copyright © 1940, renewed 1967 by Carson McCullers. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. Audio rights courtesy of HarperAudio. All rights reserved. Comments[0] |
Wed, 1 April 2009 National Endowment for the Arts presents: An introduction to "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers. Comments[0] |
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