Showing posts with label civil rights movement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil rights movement. Show all posts
Friday, February 19, 2016

Beyoncé Gets In Formation for Information

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Beyoncé is getting all the ladies in formation for information! In that vein, we'd like to recommend the following 20 recently published...
Friday, November 6, 2015

MLC Reads: November 6, 2015

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We do so love to read! We just love to curl up in a nice spot, pull out a good book, and lose ourselves in the printed word. We've spen...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Remembering Mary Church Terrell

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Mary Eliza Church Terrell was born on this day, September 23, in 1863. When she was only six, her parents sent her from their home in Memp...
Friday, August 28, 2015

MLC Reads: August 28, 2015

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Oh, the books! The siren call of the printed page! (Or the eReader...) The Other Typist Suzanne Rindell four stars Set in Ameri...
Friday, August 7, 2015

MLC Reads: August 7, 2015

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It's book review day here at the Mississippi Library Commission. Here are our highlights: Copperhead: Volume 1 written by Jay Fae...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Mississippi Remembers

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Growing up in Mississippi, there is always the danger of becoming too accustomed and too inured to our tortured past. If we don't remi...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Women through the Pages

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It's the final week of Women's History of Month and we've got a few more books up our sleeve we want you to read. These books a...
Friday, March 13, 2015

More Than A Storyteller!

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This week we are continuing our celebration of Women’s History Month by highlighting some of our favorite female authors.   Not only have th...
Friday, May 9, 2014

Book of the Day: March: Book One

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  The Book of the day, March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and illustrated by Nate Powell. This graphic novel is dedicated t...
Friday, January 18, 2013

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A patron put us to the test to see if we could locate any pictures or articles we could find in our microfilm collection about Dr. Martin L...