Category: CLP

  • Discover Stories of Resilience and Resistance at Our Upcoming CLP Events

    Discover Stories of Resilience and Resistance at Our Upcoming CLP Events

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    Miles Dame

    Furman University Libraries are excited to announce two thought-provoking events as part of the Cultural Life Program (CLP) this February. Both events spotlight powerful narratives on the importance of representation, access, and freedom in the world of libraries and education. Mark your calendars and join us for these inspiring evenings! Black Librarianship Through Our EyesThursday,…

  • Libraries Host Furman’s First Juneteenth Commemoration

    Libraries Host Furman’s First Juneteenth Commemoration

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    Madeline Eastergard

    On June 18th, the day before Furman’s university holiday to mark Juneteenth, several Furman faculty and staff gathered on the front porch of the library to host Furman’s first campus-wide commemoration of Juneteenth. As the summer session’s only CLP event, it was attended by over 60 people on a hot summer day, with everyone pausing…

  • Jesmyn Ward Book Discussion

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    eyoung

    In advance of Jesmyn Ward’s visit to campus on March 20, join us for a book discussion of Sing, Unburied, Sing at 12:30 on March 15 in LIB 043. Copies of the novel are available at the Library Circulation Desk (first come, first served) and an electronic version. Ward is a two time winner of…

  • A Protracted Struggle: Raising Up Black Education in South Carolina (CLP)

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    Miles Dame

    Lecture by June Manning Thomas, who entered Furman in the fall of 1967 as one of Furman’s first three African American women students. Her new book, Struggling to Learn: An Intimate History of School Desegregation in South Carolina, traces her experiences desegregating schools in Orangeburg and at Furman.  Dr. Thomas is the Mary Frances Berry Distinguished…

  • The Sun Does Shine – CLP

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    eyoung

    An Evening with Anthony Ray Hinton Date:  Wednesday, February 27, 2019 Time:  7:00 – 8:30 pm Location:  McAlister Auditorium Reserve a Seat Anthony Ray Hinton  spent thirty years on death row for a crime he did not commit. Wrongly convicted in the state of Alabama for two capital murders with erroneous evidence and inadequate representation, Hinton was eventually exonerated…

  • CLP & Corresponding Library Resources

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    eyoung

    Poet Sean Hill will read from his latest collection, Dangerous Goods, on Friday, November 9, from 4 – 5 p.m. in McEachern Lecture Hall. This CLP is sponsored by the English Department. Dangerous Goods and Hill’s first publication, Blood Ties & Brown Liquor: Poems, can be checked out from the Furman University Libraries.  

  • Genealogy Research Workshop: From “Traces of the Trade” to Traces of the Family

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    eyoung

    On November 1, Sharon Morgan, an expert on African American genealogy, will be working with librarians, staff, students, and university family members to share her knowledge of tracing African American family lineage. Sharon writes that “because so much about African American families was not recorded in public documents, offline resources may be the only way…

  • Spin the Wheel of Rumi

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    eyoung

    Celebrate Islam Awareness Week and “Spin the Wheel of Rumi!” The number you land on determines which Rumi quote is meant for you. Several English translations of Rumi’s poems and books about Rumi are included in the display: The Masnavi: Book One The Masnavi: Book Two Rumi A Moth to the Flame: The Life of…

  • Islam Awareness Week

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    eyoung

    A meet-and-greet at the library, lectures, and panel discussions are all planned during Islam Awareness Week. The first event is an opportunity to meet your Muslim classmates while enjoying donuts and coffee on the front porch of the Library. October 22 ⋅ 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. “Muslim Life on American College Campuses” will be the…

  • CLP: Desegregation of Greenville Public Library

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    eyoung

    CLP – Desegregation in Greenville: The Public Library Story Dr. Wayne A. Wiegand, historian and co-author of The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism will visit Furman University on October 3rd. Dr. Wiegand will speak about the integration of public libraries in the South during the civil…