2016 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Promotion
Through its Library of Congress Literacy Awards, the Library celebrates literacy organizations and the dedicated people who, through passion and hard work, bring education and literacy to an unprecedented number of people around the globe.
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Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress
Date:2016
Film, Video
2016 Library of Congress Literacy Awards
The Library of Congress Literacy Awards honor organizations working to promote literacy and reading in the United States and worldwide. The awards recognize groups doing exemplary, innovative and replicable work, and they spotlight the need for the global community to unite in striving for universal literacy.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress
Date:2016
Film, Video
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
Author Louisa Thomas presents the first comprehensive biography of Louisa Adams, wife of President John Quincy Adams and the nation's first foreign-born first lady.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress
Date:2016
Film, Video
Alexander Robey Shepherd: The Man Who Built the Nation's Capital
John Richardson, who did much of his research at the Library of Congress, discussed his book, on Alexander Robey "Boss" Shepherd, the District of Columbia's powerful head of public works from 1871 until 1873 and D.C. governor in 1873 and 1874. Shepherd was a self-made man who accrued his fortune in the plumbing and gas-fitting trade, which inspired his fight to establish the city's…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
Date:2016
Film, Video
Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio & Freedom
Award-winning radio producer Sonja D. Williams illuminates Durham's extraordinary career in her book "Word Warrior", which draws on archives and hard-to-access family records, as well as interviews with family and such colleagues as Studs Terkel and Toni Morrison. She discussed and signed her book.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress
Date:2016
Film, Video
Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine
The remarkable life of Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, who spent his childhood in Jim Crow southern Georgia in the 1930s, became a physician, went on to found the Morehouse School of Medicine and was appointed secretary of Health and Human Services, is recounted in his new book, "Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine".
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress
Date:2016
Film, Video
2016 Symposium on Health & Literacy
Dr. David Bailey of Nemours Children's Health System delivered the opening address at the Literacy and Health Symposium, which explored the myriad connections between literacy and personal and public health.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress
Date:2016
Film, Video
New Perspectives on Health & Literacy
The Library sponsored a day-long symposium on literacy and heath, focusing on literacy in all its forms and how literacy affects personal well-being. The event was sponsored in cooperation with Nemours Children's Health System.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress
Date:2016
Film, Video
2016 Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature
The novel, "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely received the inaugural Walter Dean Myers Award for outstanding children's literature in a young adult category. The award, to be known as "The Walter," is given in honor of children's author, Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014). Myers was the third National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and a champion of diverse literature. Two other…
Contributor:
Library of Congress
Date:2016
Film, Video
Lewis Carroll in the Mirror of Surrealism
Leonard Marcus presents a wide-ranging illustrated talk on how Lewis Carroll's "Alice" not only turned Victorian literature on its head but also inspired later generations of experimental artists and writers, from André Breton and Max Ernst to René Magritte and Leonora Carrington, to reimagine the world in arrestingly strange and provocative new ways.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress
Date:2016
Film, Video
Stephen King on Literacy
Stephen King calls for nominations for the Library of Congress Literacy Awards with an important message on the importance of literacy.
Contributor:
Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
Date:2016
Film, Video
2016 National Book Festival Gala
The 2016 National Book Festival kicks off with guest appearances by four festival authors at an evening gala event.
Contributor:
Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
Film, Video2016 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Promotion Through its Library of Congress Literacy Awards, the Library celebrates literacy organizations and the dedicated people who, through passion and hard work, bring education and literacy to an unprecedented number of people around the globe.
Film, Video2016 Library of Congress Literacy Awards The Library of Congress Literacy Awards honor organizations working to promote literacy and reading in the United States and worldwide. The awards recognize groups doing exemplary, innovative and replicable work, and they spotlight the need for the global community to unite in striving for universal literacy.
Film, VideoLouisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams Author Louisa Thomas presents the first comprehensive biography of Louisa Adams, wife of President John Quincy Adams and the nation's first foreign-born first lady.
Film, VideoAlexander Robey Shepherd: The Man Who Built the Nation's Capital John Richardson, who did much of his research at the Library of Congress, discussed his book, on Alexander Robey "Boss" Shepherd, the District of Columbia's powerful head of public works from 1871 until 1873 and D.C. governor in 1873 and 1874. Shepherd was a self-made man who accrued his fortune in the plumbing and gas-fitting trade, which inspired his fight to establish the city's…
Film, VideoBecoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father Michael Signer crafted his biography of James Madison in a different way by focusing on the fourth president's youth. He characterized the book as "an intellectual and psychological biography of a young Madison before age 36."
Film, VideoWord Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio & Freedom Award-winning radio producer Sonja D. Williams illuminates Durham's extraordinary career in her book "Word Warrior", which draws on archives and hard-to-access family records, as well as interviews with family and such colleagues as Studs Terkel and Toni Morrison. She discussed and signed her book.
Film, Video2015 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Celebration Winners of the 2015 Library of Congress Literary Awards were welcomed and honored at an event held at the Library.
Film, VideoBreaking Ground: My Life in Medicine The remarkable life of Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, who spent his childhood in Jim Crow southern Georgia in the 1930s, became a physician, went on to found the Morehouse School of Medicine and was appointed secretary of Health and Human Services, is recounted in his new book, "Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine".
Film, Video2016 Symposium on Health & Literacy Dr. David Bailey of Nemours Children's Health System delivered the opening address at the Literacy and Health Symposium, which explored the myriad connections between literacy and personal and public health.
Film, VideoNew Perspectives on Health & Literacy The Library sponsored a day-long symposium on literacy and heath, focusing on literacy in all its forms and how literacy affects personal well-being. The event was sponsored in cooperation with Nemours Children's Health System.
Film, Video2016 Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature The novel, "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely received the inaugural Walter Dean Myers Award for outstanding children's literature in a young adult category. The award, to be known as "The Walter," is given in honor of children's author, Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014). Myers was the third National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and a champion of diverse literature. Two other…
Film, VideoLewis Carroll in the Mirror of Surrealism Leonard Marcus presents a wide-ranging illustrated talk on how Lewis Carroll's "Alice" not only turned Victorian literature on its head but also inspired later generations of experimental artists and writers, from André Breton and Max Ernst to René Magritte and Leonora Carrington, to reimagine the world in arrestingly strange and provocative new ways.
Film, VideoStephen King on Literacy Stephen King calls for nominations for the Library of Congress Literacy Awards with an important message on the importance of literacy.
Film, Video2016 National Book Festival Gala The 2016 National Book Festival kicks off with guest appearances by four festival authors at an evening gala event.