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    The Oral Historiography of the Mali Empire Nubia Kai from the University of Maryland discussed her book, "Kuma Malinke Historiography: Sundiata Keita to Almamy Samori Toure."
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
    • Date: 2015
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    Cassini's Grand Finale Conor Nixon will cover the greatest highlights from the NASA Cassini mission from its earliest phases to the latest and most exciting results from the "Grand Finale" phase. The Cassini spacecraft has orbited Saturn since 2004, making unprecedented measurements of the planet, its rings and moons. Now in its final year, Cassini has begun close approaches to the outermost F-ring, investigating this ribbon-like structure...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
    • Date: 2017
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    Walter Isaacson: 2015 National Book Festival Walter Isaacson discusses "The Innovations: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2015
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    Federal Public Service Recognition Week: Carla Hayden A message from Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden in honor of Federal Public Service Recognition Week. Join the Library in celebrating the contributions of our country's public servants all month long.
    • Contributor: Hayden, Carla
    • Date: 2021-05-03
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    Jarrett J. Krosoczka: 2015 National Book Festival Jarrett J. Krosoczka discusses "Platypus Police Squad: Last Panda Standing" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2015
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    Mere-Bi: A Senegalese Celebration of Motherhood Francoise Pfaff introduced the documentary film and show excerpts from "Mere-Bi" a film on Senegal's pioneer journalist, Annette Mbaye d'Erneville, directed by her son and noted filmmaker Ousmane William Mbaye.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
    • Date: 2011
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    The sound of Broadway music - Great Broadway orchestrators discussed by people who knew them and worked with them videorecording | videorecording : 107 min. | Recorded in the Coolidge Auditourium, Library of Congress, Washington DC. (Venue). Recorded on May 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM. (Date). Videorecording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2009
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    Hope: Survival in Cleveland: 2015 National Book Festival Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan discuss "Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2015
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    Michael Beschloss Michael Beschloss. Recorded on 2003-10-04. Researchers. Teachers.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2003
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    Todd Scandrett Collection Major, Army, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Iraq.
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    Antonio Ruiz De La Torre Collection Corporal, Marine Corps, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Camp Pendleton, California; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands), Japan; Kuwait, Iraq.
    • Contributor: Dreier, David - Ruiz De La Torre, Antonio - U.S. House of Representatives/David Dreier - Ruiz De La Torre, Hugo
    • Date: 2000
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    The Anthropocene: Are We There Yet? Historians David Christian and John R. McNeill, in a lecture at the Library of Congress, discuss how rapidly increasing human impact on the biosphere is changing the way scholars and experts view human history.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2009
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    Bicentennial Symposium: Poetry & the American People As part of the celebration of its bicentennial celebration, the Library sponsored a symposium, "Poetry and the American People: Reading, Voice and Publication in the 19th and 20th Centuries" featuring a number of distinguished speakers--including past Poet Laureates--followed by an evening reading by Robert Pinsky and W.S. Merwin.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
    • Date: 2000
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    D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Memphis, Tennessee, 2013 August 13 D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participation in the civil rights activism as a student at Southern University, for which he was ultimately expelled. Bailey describes his move to Clark University in Massachusetts, where he became involved...
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bailey, D'army - Cline, David P.
    • Date: 2013-01-01

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    Sean F. Tyler Collection Captain, Army, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Wainwright, Alaska; Fort Stewart, Georgia; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Carson, Colorado; Iraq; Bethesda, Maryland.
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    Interview with Pianist Sandro Ivo Bartoli David Plylar interviews Sandro Ivo Bartoli about the centennial of Ferruccio Busoni's birth. They also discuss Bartoli's performance of works by Bach, Busoni, Liszt and transcriptions by Busoni.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2016
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    Gerad A. Nelson Collection Sergeant, Army, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Iraq.
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    Flory Jagoda: The Celebration Concert This concert celebrates Flory Jagoda's internationally recognized career as singer, composer and teacher of Sephardic song and will honor her role as "keeper of the flame" for preserving, perpetuating, and expanding this venerable Jewish cultural tradition. Family members and musical colleagues and from the Washington, D.C., area and beyond joined Jagoda to perform the songs that she has taught them in her quest to...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2013
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    Glenn E. Minney Collection Hospital Corpsman, Navy, Panama, 1989 - Panama. Navy, Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Bahrain. E-6, Navy, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Haditha, Iraq.
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    Rachel Renee Russell: 2015 National Book Festival Rachel Renee Russell and daughters Erin and Nikki discuss "Dork Diaries No. 9: Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2015
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    Petra Mayer: Friend to Books & Book Festivals A tribute to NPR books editor Petra Mayer, frequent National Book Festival moderator, who passed away at age 46.
    • Contributor: Sayers, John
    • Date: 2021-11-18
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    Lois Mittino Gray interview conducted by Jonathan E. Kay, 2014-02-13 Lois Mittino Gray had not visited a national park until after college, when she took a position at the Blue Ridge Parkway in 1973. Shortly thereafter, she took a position as a naturalist at Spring Mill State Park. In this interview, she recalls her early days in the park system; discusses gender roles; learning how to interpret; working with mentors; designing a new nature...
    • Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Gray, Lois Mittino - Kay, Jon
    • Date: 2014-01-01
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    Exploring Cherry Blossom Varieties How many varieties of cherry blossoms can you find in your neighborhood? How do you describe their colors? Nakahara will offer a close-up exploration of exquisite watercolor illustrations of the 1912 gift of cherry blossom trees from the city of Tokyo to Washington, D.C. to increase your visual recognition of cherry blossoms each spring.
    • Contributor: Blood, Katherine - Nakahara, Mari - Leventhal, Aliza
    • Date: 2022-04-06
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    Dava Sobel Dava Sobel. Recorded on 2002-10-12. Researchers. Teachers.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2002
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    Recovering the National Memory: The Quest for a Pre-Colonial Filipino Past Virgilio S. Almario discussed what Filipino culture means and what Philippine society values, cherishes and protects. He explored the evolution of the Filipino culture and society, which are influenced and shaped by myths, legends and folktales, especially in pre-colonial times. Drawing on symbols and artifacts in Filipino historical and literary texts, Almario discussed the importance for the Filipinos to reimagine and rediscover themselves and...
    • Contributor: Almario, Virgilio S.
    • Date: 2018-06-11