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    Dec 3

    On this , join us in igniting the power of ideas! The Library of Congress depends on the support of people like you for its exhibitions, programs, events & activities that connect millions. Help us by donating today:

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    Dec 2

    OPENS THIS WEEK: Our new exhibition, “Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words,” opens Dec. 5 & will offer an intimate view of this seminal figure’s life. This is the first exhibition of Rosa Parks' Personal Collection. MORE:

    Rosa Parks seated as an honored guest at the March on Washington / Bob Adelman. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018645944/
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    Dec 2

    It's time for a deeper understanding of the life, struggles, and activism of Rosa Parks. I'm looking forward to "Rosa Parks In Her Own Words" at .

    “I had been pushed around all my life and felt at this moment that I couldn’t take it anymore.” - Rosa Parks 64-years ago today Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, AL, for keeping her seat on a bus. A new exhibition opens this week:
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  4. Dec 1

    : The holds more than 200,000 items of the Natl AIDS Memorial Quilt archives incl personal letters, photos. It will humanize and bring to mind the scale of the disease through the words & voices from the people we lost and the families they touched.

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  5. Dec 1

    “I had been pushed around all my life and felt at this moment that I couldn’t take it anymore.” - Rosa Parks 64-years ago today Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, AL, for keeping her seat on a bus. A new exhibition opens this week:

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  6. Nov 28

    Sending everyone lots of hugs this Thanksgiving. Hope you’re in the warmth of family and friends. From the family to yours, !

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  7. Nov 22

    Remembering JFK. From the Prints and Photographs Division: Photograph shows a close-up view of President and Mrs. Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally and his wife, Dallas, TX, November 22, 1963.

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  8. Nov 21

    “Hello, neighbor.” The new Mr. Rogers film, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, starring comes out this weekend. Here’s a photo of me and the real Fred Rogers from the 90s.

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    Nov 20

    NEWS: This morning, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the American Folklife Center will house the National AIDS Memorial Quilt Archive, containing 200,000+ photos, bios, letters & other artifacts of the lives memorialized on Quilt panels.

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  10. Nov 20

    This is just a small fraction of the stories that need to be told and remembered. The will display the LOC panel of the Quilt and items from the collection in the Great Hall until Dec 1, World AIDS Day. (8/8)

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  11. Nov 20

    And there’s a letter from the mother of Ted Boate: “On January 5, 1992, I was in Florida when his father called me from Ted’s hospital bedside. Much later they told that when he heard my voice, a tear came from one of his eyes. Within the hour he was gone.” (7/8)

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  12. Nov 20

    There’s a beautiful letter from the sister of Ernesto Lopez Molina, Junior of Huntsville, Alabama thanking Quilt organizers for helping her heal. (6/8)

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  13. Nov 20

    There is the story of 36-year old Tom Biscotto of Chicago whose home on Orchard Street was called by friends as “the haven for every lost artistic soul that passed through Chicago.” (5/8)

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  14. Nov 20

    It includes the story of 33-year old Marvin Feldman who was the inspiration for the first panel of the Quilt. (4/8)

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  15. Nov 20

    These archives will be preserved at the and made available for generations to come. But most importantly it will help humanize and bring to mind the scale of the AIDS pandemic through the words & voices from the people we lost and the families they touched. (3/8)

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  16. Nov 20

    This collection of more than 200,000 items includes personal handwritten letters, photographs, biographical records, tributes, epitaphs, news clippings, and even a sewing machine that stitched together a panel of the Quilt. (2/8)

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  17. Nov 20

    The is proud to announce today that we are honored to serve as the home of the Natl AIDS Memorial Quilt Archive to preserve its legacy and give the memorial a home. This powerful collection will continue to be a source of healing, comfort and awareness. (1/8)

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  18. Nov 18

    It was an honor to meet these aspiring journalists from Middle School to discuss the and literacy. Love seeing the opportunities presented to them by . They are so inspiring!

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    Nov 14

    ICYMI: Congratulations to the Library’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Honoree for his Entertainer of the Year Award. Here’s Garth talking to us about his musical influences. Brooks will receive the prize at an all-star tribute concert in D.C. in March 2020.

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  20. Nov 14

    It was an honor to join , former Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush, and at the ’s Summit to discuss the legacies of First Ladies and their role in advocating for adult literacy.

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