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Helsinki approves new central library with sauna My library needs this.
After Years In Lockdown, Rosa Parks' Papers Head To Library Of Congress
Professional Literature For Librarians Warning: Not actually professional literature for librarians. Although some titles are...disturbingly accurate.
Feb 8, 1955: John Grisham, author of legal thrillers, is born
Anne Moody, Mississippi civil rights activist, dies at 74 "Anne Moody, whose memoir "Coming of Age in Mississippi" gave a wrenching account of growing up poor in the segregated South and facing violence as a civil rights activist, died Thursday at her home in the small town Gloster, Mississippi. She was 74."
H.G. Wells, Feminist Author

Creator of Black History Month grew up in Appalachia, was student at Berea College "A prolific author, historian and activist, [Carter G. Woodson] was the key figure in the recognition of black history as an academic specialty. But before all of that, Woodson grew up in Appalachia, worked as a coal miner and began his academic career as a student at Berea College."
Elyria teacher implores school board to curb testing
The First Question This Teacher Asks Her Kindergarteners Every Morning Is Heartbreaking An important reminder that sometimes the reason kids aren't learning has little or nothing to do with their abilities or their interest in the subject. If we can't meet their basic needs, we can't reach their minds.

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