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  • BHM #10 – African American Communities

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    Mary Fairbairn

    African American Communities – Pamphlets, photos, postcards. Political cartoons, illustrations, maps. Scrap books, legal documents, ephemera and more.   This collection, albeit somewhat small, contains a fascinating variety of primary source documents evidencing race relations across social, political, cultural, and religious arenas.   Examining multiple aspects of the lives of African Americans through the lens of…

  • BHM #9 – Civil Rights and Social Justice

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    lbaker

    HeinOnline’s Civil Rights and Social Justice database brings together diverse publications covering civil rights in the United States.   This database is packed with great resources all in one place!  It contains links to scholarly articles, hearings and committee prints, legislative histories on the landmark legislation, CRS and GAO reports, briefs from major Supreme Court cases,…

  • BHM in Databases #8 – Ethnic NewsWatch

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    lbaker

    Ethnic NewsWatch™ (ENW) is a current resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. The complete collection also includes the module Ethnic NewsWatch: A History™, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. Together, these resources present a full-text collection of more than…

  • Snowy State of Mind

    Snowy State of Mind

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    Christy Allen

    Does the library’s new home page image with its softly falling flakes have you dreaming of snow? Then check out more snowy photos in our “Furman University Historical Images” digital collection. Photos date from the 1940s through the late 1980s and show idyllic wintry campus scenes. Several of the photos are dated 1982 and show…

  • Dins Day! ’22

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    Scott

    In the Furman Libraries, when we think about the value we provide to the University community, we don’t always think of books, computers, or buildings. We do think of the people, the programs, and the authentic relationships that we’ve built with people like you. April 26th is Dins Day, and as we celebrate all the…

  • Poetic Time Travel: How Past Creates the Present – CLP

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    Scott

    Presenter Poet and Kennedy Center Teaching Artist Glenis Redmond will discuss her work in creating inspiring and transformative literature for young people and encourage a “brave space” for critical conversations about inequities and injustices. She will also be sharing poems from her newest book, “The Three Harriets and Others,” which will be released in early…

  • Steve Richardson Retires After 35 Years at Furman

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    Miles Dame

    Following in the footsteps of three generations of his family, Steve Richardson graduated from Furman in 1977. He completed his Masters in Library Science at USC in 1982 and joined Furman as the Reference and Online Services Librarian in 1986. A year later Steve introduced the campus to digital resources and never looked back! Steve…

  • Miles Recommends (Summer Reading)

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    Jenny

    Here are recommendations from Miles Dame, Outreach Assistant, for a few of the BINGO square categories. Educated by Tara Westover is a great choice for the biography/memoir square. She has such an interesting and unique life experience and will have you turning the pages to find out what happens next in this true story. The…

  • Read Diversely this Summer

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    Jenny

    Whether you use our BINGO challenge or are looking for the right beach read, we always recommend reading widely and intentionally seeking out diverse voices. Jenny Colvin, one of our Outreach librarians, created a PRIDE version of the Summer BINGO challenge as one example: Read a book… with pride themes… B I N G O…

  • Summer Reading BINGO Challenge

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    Jenny

    Katherine McCann, Biology and Spanish double major on the Pre-Health track, also works in Digital Collections in the Furman Libraries during the year. She had the idea to challenge the Furman community to read this summer and developed this BINGO card challenge. The BINGO card can be clicked on and downloaded. Those using screen readers…