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LibDEI: Black History 2023 Day 6 – Belize
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Population: 412,387 Belize is home to the “Royal Rat” (a rodent named the Gibnut). Made famous after Queen Elizabeth was served one during a visit to the country. Considered a delicacy it is said to taste similar to rabbit. Belize is home to the largest sinkhole in the world: The Blue Hole is Belize’s most…
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LibDEI: Black HIstory 2023 Day 5 – Barbados
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Population: 302,674 Motto: Pride and Industry Singer Rihanna is from Barbados. The artist, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, is an ambassador for the country and has even had a street named in her honor: Rihanna Drive. The state of South Carolina has had 3 governors who were Barbadian- Sir John Yeamans (1672-1674], James…
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LibDEI: Black History 2023 Day 4 – The Bahamas
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Population: 355,608 Lucayan Indians already inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. The uninhabited island of Big Major Cay in The Bahamas’ Exuma district is home to a small colony of non-native ‘swimming pigs’. It’s thought that they were left by sailors who planned to…
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LibDEI: Black History 2023 Day 3 – Aruba
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Population: 122,320 Aruba’s first inhabitants are thought to have been Caquetio Amerindians from the Arawak tribe, who migrated from Venezuela. Keshi Yena is one of Aruba’s best-known traditional foods; a mix of meat, vegetables, and dried fruits baked in a cheese rind Aruba has little seasonal temperature variation, averaging 82°F and rainfall averaging 18 inches…
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LibDEI: Black History 2023 Day 2 – Antigua & Barbuda
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Population: 99,175 Motto: Each endeavoring, all achieving Antigua and Barbuda territory actually include three islands. Redonda is the third although it is actually a tiny rugged, uninhabited rock, the remnant of a volcanic cone of only 0.5 square miles and rising to nearly 1,000 feet above sea level, with steep cliffs on all sides. Barbuda…
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LibDEI: Black HIstory 2023 Day 1 – Anguilla
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Population: 18,741 It’s the only country to feature a dolphin on its flag. The national flag of Anguilla has a blue background and a British flag in the canton. It also features Anguilla’s coat of arms in the fly, which contains three playful orange (or golden) dolphins leaping in a circle. They represent endurance, unity,…
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International Education Week 2022
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Flags representing over 190 countries are on display in the Duke, Sanders Science and Maxwell Music libraries this week as we mark International Education Week 2022! We take time during IEW to recognize the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. We celebrate our international students, faculty, and staff as well as our domestic students…
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SC Instructional Materials Public Review
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The public is invited to review textbooks and instructional materials that have been proposed for use in South Carolina’s public schools. The materials recommended by the Instructional Materials Review Panels will be submitted to the State Board of Education (SBE) for adoption on December 13, 2022. The public may review materials in the Curriculum/Juvenile Collection…
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Pathways to Diversity: Documenting Racial Desegregation
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About In 2018, Centre College, Furman University, Rollins College, and Washington and Lee University collaboratively began to collect documents, images, stories, and artifacts related to the desegregation of their campuses. This effort was funded by three generous grants from the Associated Colleges of the South and led by librarians, in collaboration with faculty, students, and…
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A Protracted Struggle: Raising Up Black Education in South Carolina (CLP)
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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…