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Exactly 85 years after five Black men were arrested at a Northern Virginia library during a civil rights protest, the Alexandria Library unveiled a new traveling exhibition, detailing the events, ...

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A powerful new exhibit honors one of the first civil rights sit-in protests in America. In 1939, when the Alexandria Library was only open to white people, Samuel Tucker and five other young Black men ...

The fabled Library of Alexandria is one of the most famous structures of the ancient world, up there with the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and other architectural wonders ...

For over 2,300 years, the Egyptian city of Alexandria has stood as a hub of history, culture, and innovation. Once home to the fabled Library of Alexandria and the birthplace of Cleopatra, the city ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A huge grant that looks to preserve our history and honor the sacrifice and struggle of those who came before us is getting us uplifted. Before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat ...

Libraries had not been a big part of the civil rights movement but that changed in Alexandria, VA. On the morning of August 21, 1939 five young African American men entered the segregated public ...