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Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard
In 1946 an African American veteran was removed from a bus, arrested, beaten, and blinded. Richard Gergel details the impact of Woodard’s blinding as the racial awakening of President Truman.
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Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony, part 2
Part 2 of Ken Burns's award-winning documentary about these two pioneers of the women's movement.
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Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony, part 1
Part 1 of Ken Burns's award-winning documentary about these two pioneers of the women's movement.
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Women and the Vote: The 19th Amendment, Power, Media, and the Making of a Movement
A panel will discuss the unparalleled communications machine of the suffrage movement and how that struggle in the early 1900s continues to shape the women’s movement today.
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A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father
In "A Good American Family," David Maraniss recounts his family’s ordeal during the Red Scare of the 1950s.
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Rightfully Hers Discovery Carts
Visit the hands-on discovery carts to investigate the journey of American women’s fight to win the vote.
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Amending America: How Women Won the Vote
In this one-woman performance, Kate Cambell Stevenson combines music and theater to tell the story of the fight for the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
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Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
Author Susan Ware looks beyond the national leadership and gives voice to the thousands of women who protested, petitioned, and insisted on their rights
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Story Time in the ReSource Room for Pre-Schoolers and Adults
Join us for story time designed for 3- to 5-year-olds and accompanying adults. The theme for May is baseball.
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The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between
Author Michael Dobbs tells the powerful story of German Jews from the village of Kippenheim who sought American visas to escape Nazi Germany.