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Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives Online

April 2001 - Vol. 60, No. 4

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives Online

Cover Story
A new American Memory collection contains thousands of conversations and photographs of former slaves.

About the Cover

  • Ted Kennedy, Dr. Billington and Laura BushEVERYBODY WINS
    First Lady Laura Bush visited the Library to promote literacy.

  • Baker and ColeBEYOND WORDS
    A traveling exhibition of photos that celebrate libraries is now available.

  • Russian Leadership ProgramRLP 2001
    Congress has funded the Russian Leadership Program for fiscal year 2001.

  • Karl W. SchornagelIG APPOINTED
    Dr. Billington has named a new inspector general.

  • Ralph BuncheRALPH BUNCHE'S ODYSSEY
    Groundbreaking peacemaker Ralph Bunche was the subject of a film premiere and symposium.

  • New YorkLAFAYETTE'S LEGACY
    The Library has purchased maps of the 1824-25 visit to America by the Marquis de Lafayette. Our Conservation Corner highlights their preservation.

  • conserving mapsCONSERVATION CORNER
    Highlights of the preservation of the Lafayette maps.

  • Billington and KnightPAN-AMERICAN POLICY
    The Library and the Woodrow Wilson Center cosponsored a symposium on public policy in the Americas.

  • Aprille Ericsson-JacksonROCKETEER
    NASA engineer Aprille Ericsson-Jackson delivered the keynote address for the Library's Women's History Month.

  • no image availableLIFE LINES
    The Library and the Women's Learning Partnership sponsored a conference of the literature of women's human rights.

  • no image availableFEDERAL AWARDS
    The Federal Library and Information Center presented national awards for federal librarianship.

  • traveling cultureTRAVELING CULTURE
    A new collection on Circuit Chautauqua is available on the American Memory Web site.

  • legal specialistsINTERNATIONAL LAW
    The Law Library of Congress has launched a series of programs on foreign legal research.

  • no image availableIMAGES OF IDENTITY
    A recent conference at the Library examined the perception of Africa in historical writing through the years.

  • cfb at 25NEWS FROM THE CENTER FOR THE BOOK

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