Library of Congress Announces 2020 Homegrown Concert Series: Homegrown at Home American Folklife Center to Present Music and Dance on Wednesdays Online through September 16th Each concert is pre-re
Day: July 28, 2020
It’s About Time…
Pentagon effectively bans Confederate flags on all military property The flags we fly must accord with the military imperatives of good order and discipline, treating all our people with dignity an
“Black Journal” Available Online
Historic Public Affairs Series “Black Journal” Now Available Online at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting Interviews from the 1960s and 1970s Include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Lewis, A
The Republican Choice
How a party spent decades making itself white. By Clare Malone Published Jun. 24, 2020 Editor’s note: This story includes a historical quote that uses a racial slur. Election Day 1
Kluge Prize to Danielle Allen
Library of Congress Awarded Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity to Danielle Allen Allen, Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Will Work with the Library t
John Lewis, C.T. Vivian, RIP
There’s nothing else to say. With the deaths of Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian, the U.S. has lost two civil rights greats who drew upon their fait
Understanding the Supremes
Today the final Supreme Court decisions of the term were announced. Here are a few highlights of this term’s rulings: The court ruled that nearly half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation in