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SUMMARY:Learning from a 1939 Library Protest 
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for this discussion of the 1939 Alexandria Library Sit
 -In..\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/event/17225391
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>As we commemorate the 250th anniversary of
  the founding of the United States\, Americans are grappling with how to h
 onestly examine our country&rsquo\;s history and make sense of how it appl
 ies to the world today. The story of the Alexandria\, Virginia library sit
 -in of 1939\, the first recorded sit-in to demand racial integration\, off
 ers a fresh chance to explore our past. Thanks to new grant funding\, effo
 rts are underway to build online exhibits\, digitize materials\, and engag
 e communities to talk about this little-known story.</p>\n<p>How do these 
 efforts enrich our understanding of the evolution of the United States's c
 ivil rights movement? What can they reveal about how demonstrations and le
 gal efforts have shaped access to opportunity? Join us for a conversation 
 with librarians\, teachers\, museum curators\, and scholars of public hist
 ory who are using new approaches to amplify this American story and recogn
 ize the persistent drive for equal access to education that continues to t
 his day.</p>\n<p>Speakers include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ted Johnson\, director o
 f the Us@250 Initiative at New America and a columnist for The Washington 
 Post</li>\n<li>Audrey Davis\, director of the African American History Div
 ision of the Office of Historic Alexandria</li>\n<li>Rose Dawson\, executi
 ve director of the Alexandria Library</li>\n<li>Annie Evans\, director of 
 Education and Outreach\, New American History at the University of Richmon
 d</li>\n<li>Lisa Guernsey\, senior director of birth through 12th grade po
 licy at New America</li>\n<li>Nancy Noyes Silcox\, author of Samuel Wilber
 t Tucker: The Story of a Civil Rights Trailblazer and the 1939 Alexandria 
 Library Sit-In</li>\n<li>Jennifer Over\, vice president\, Reingold\, a com
 munications and web-development firm in Alexandria\, VA</li>\n<li>Jazmyne 
 Owens\, consultant on New America&rsquo\;s 1939 Library Sit-In Project</li
 >\n</ul>\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/event/17225391
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