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  • New Resources: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 20, 2014

    January 20 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday falling on the third Monday of January, near King’s birthday on January 15, 1929....
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  • Did you know December 15th (this Sunday) is Bill of Rights Day?

    Authorized and requested to do so by Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 27, 1941, issued Proclamation 2524, establishing December 15 as “Bill of...
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  • Klan infiltrator’s papers now available online

    The personal papers of Stetson Kennedy, author, folklorist, and human rights advocate, are now available online through Georgia State University Library’s Digital Collections portal. The...
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    • African American Studies
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  • NARAL Pro-Choice Georgia Records Now Available for Researchers

    NARAL Pro-Choice Georgia described itself as “the political arm of the pro-choice movement.” Incorporated in 1980 as the Georgia Abortion Rights Action League (GARAL), [photo...
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  • Labor Day – the Real History

    What is the Labor Day holiday really about?  Here are various resources that will fill you in on Labor Day’s history as well as labor...
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  • PhD Student Publication on Documentary Film

    Congratulations to Moving Image Studies PhD student Laurel Ahnert, whose article was recently published in the open access journal InterDisciplines: Journal of History and Sociology. The...
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    • Education
    • Film & Media
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  • Moment in GSU History: “Building Jarred,” 1949

    In 1949, the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia—precursor to Georgia State University—fit all of its students, staff, classrooms and offices into two floors...
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    • GSU Centennial
  • Great American Songbook Initiative

    Michael Feinstein, a singer, pianist, and dedicated advocate of the Great American Songbook, recently visited the Special Collections and Archives to view the Johnny Mercer...
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  • Great American Songbook Competition

    On Saturday May 11th, The Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative will host a high school vocal academy and competition dedicated solely to the music...
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  • Library at Georgia State University Receives $210,000 NEH Grant

    Georgia State University Library recently received a $210,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for “Planning Atlanta: A New City in the Making,...
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