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  • Special Collections Celebrates International Women’s Day

    In the heart Women’s History Month, International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on March 8. In recognition of this special day, we would...
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    • Communication
    • Digital Collections
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    • English
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  • Gerontology Lecture: “Remembering the Good Times: A Caregiver’s Journey”

    The GSU Gerontology Institute is hosting its annual Barbara Pittard Payne Lectureship in Gerontology on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 6:00pm at Centennial Hall: “Remembering...
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  • Making History, Writing History: Thoughts for Black History Month

    We often hear the phrases “living through history,” “witnessing history,” “history in the making.” We are literally always creating what historians call “primary sources,” which...
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    • African American Studies
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  • New Resource: Don Kennedy papers

    A new collection related to Atlanta broadcaster, Don Kennedy, is now available in the Special Collections and Archives. The Don Kennedy papers document Kennedy’s wide-ranging...
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  • Georgia State University Documents the Women’s Marches

    On January 21, 2017, the Women’s March on Washington took place in the nation’s capital, and sister marches were held across the nation and worldwide....
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    • Communication
    • Digital Collections
    • English
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  • What Do “the People” REALLY Think?

    We are bombarded from social media, the press, and politicians with statements like “The people of the U.S. think [this or that],” but they often...
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    • Data Services
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  • New Publications: The Devil’s Riches: A Modern History of Greed and Migrations in the German Lands, 1500-2000

    Prof. Jared Poley of the History Department has recently published The Devil’s Riches: A Modern History of Greed (2016). A broadly ranging topical history, The Devil’s Riches...
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    • Faculty Publications and Research
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  • Data Literacy

    When data is properly collected, analyzed and presented it can help us understand complex systems and improve decision making. Conversely, bad data will mislead us and...
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  • Uprising of ’34 Oral History Digitization Project Completed

    In May 2015, GSU Library was awarded a grant of $121,418 by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to digitize, transcribe, and make...
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  • W. J. “Bill” Usery, Jr., 1923-2016

    W. J. “Bill” Usery, Jr., is best remembered as one of the sharpest and most effective labor mediators in Washington, DC, and beyond, known for...
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    • Digital Collections
    • General
    • History
    • Oral Histories
    • Primary Resources