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  • How Well Do You Know Your Presidents?

    President’s Day falls on February 21st this year. Traditionally, this day celebrates the February birthdates of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The GSU Library has...
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    • Books
    • For Faculty
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    • History
  • Southern Labor Archives Periodicals

    Beginning a little over a year ago, Special Collections and Archives saw the importance of having the Southern Labor periodicals catalogued as a highly useful…
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  • New Resources for Black History Month: Learning More about Black History

    For Black History Month, in addition to great resources showcasing historical black voices, the GSU Library also has a wide range of books about Black...
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    • African American Studies
    • Books
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • A Historical Take on Religion and Politics

    Congratulations to Prof. David Sehat of the History Department, who has just published his book The Myth of American Religious Freedom (2011). In the battles...
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    • Faculty Publications and Research
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  • New Resources for Black History Month: Exploring Historical Voices

    February is Black History Month, and the GSU Library has plenty of resources for you showing black history in the making… newspapers, papers, diaries, letters...
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    • African American Studies
    • Books
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • Photo of the Week: The Discomfiture of Southern Culture

    Significant subjects in photographs are not always apparent at first glance.  This crowd scene at the fair appears rather mundane.  A closer inspection reveals the...
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    • African American Studies
    • For Faculty
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    • General
  • History faculty McMillian publishes Smoking Typewriters

    Congratulations to Dr. John McMillian on the publication of his new book, Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in...
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    • Faculty Publications and Research
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  • “Four Negroes Acting Unwise?”

    Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of two students who integrated the University System of Georgia in 1961, will speak at Georgia State University (GSU) at 11 a.m. today...
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    • African American Studies
    • Education
    • For Faculty
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  • New historic African-American newspapers

    Through the ongoing income from a 1988 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Challenge Grant, the library has just acquired online access to two important...
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    • African American Studies
    • Communication
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • New database: Digital National Security Archive

    The library has just purchased a subscription to the Digital National Security Archive, a collection of over 60,000 primary documents. The DNSA includes declassified documents...
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    • Communication
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • History