Though she has made her name and home in Washington D.C. for the past three decades, distinguished LSU alumna, veteran political strategist and commentator, author, and Democratic Party official Donna Brazile makes no secret of her pride in being a…
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Political Strategist Donna Brazile donates her papers to LSU
Posted in Announcements, Resources, Special Collections Tagged with: 21st century collections, alumni, Diversity, Giving, Manuscripts, politics
Civil Rights program to conclude with Panel Discussion
LSU Libraries and Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church are collaborating on a closing event for the Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle program, which will feature a panel discussion of the films shown in the Created Equal series, including Signpost to…
Collection Spotlight: The papers of civil rights leader Dr. Dupuy Anderson
World War II veteran, dentist, civil rights activist. Dr. Dupuy Anderson’s biography reads like that of many African American civil rights leaders of the mid-20th century. That common history, however, does not diminish his extraordinary contributions and accomplishments, and his…
Posted in Resources, Special Collections Tagged with: Anniversaries and Observances, Diversity, Giving, Louisiana History, LSU History
Join LSU Libraries for The Abolitionists
At noon on Wednesday, February 19th, in the Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall, LSU Libraries will present film clips from the Emmy-award nominated documentary The Abolitionists. Following the film clips, LSU History professor Nancy Isenberg will lead a discussion of…
Join us on Valentine’s Day for The Loving Story
At noon, on Friday, February 14th, at the Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall, Professor Ray Diamond of the LSU Law School will moderate a discussion of the Emmy Award-winning film The Loving Story, which documents the story of the famous…
The Relentless Pursuit of “Equal”: Integrating LSU
On Exhibition January 21 – March 29, 2014 in the Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, LSU Libraries Special Collections presents an exhibition tracing LSU’s evolution from an institution embracing…
LSU Libraries Special Collections and partners win NEH Grant to digitize History of Louisiana’s Free People of Color
The National Endowment for the Humanities recently awarded a grant of $194,152 to the LSU Libraries Special Collections to digitize, index, and provide free access to family papers, business records, and public documents pertaining to free people of color in…
African American Baton Rougeans featured in new exhibition
In recognition of Black History Month and in connection with “Blacks in the Red Stick,” a conference sponsored by the LSU African and African American Studies Program, or AAAS, to be held on Friday, March 8 in Hill Memorial Library,…
Posted in Exhibitions, Resources, Special Collections Tagged with: Anniversaries and Observances, Diversity
Spotlight on African American literature
In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 18, 2010 and Black History Month during February 2010, LSU Libraries offers you a recommended reading list of current publications relating to the African American identity. As always, unless…
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