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Week one winners!

Posted by Anonymous on January 30, 2016

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Congratulating to our first week winners Ena and Aly! Way to go! Please continue to participate in Hot Reads Cold Nights contest and also encourage your friends to participate!

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New Slavery Database

The William S. Hein & Co. Inc. has just released a unique, free collection, Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law, which brings together legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world along with a detailed overview on the subject of slavery in general. Use this resource to access a rich trove of primary sources. Emancipation Proclamation In providing the collection at no cost Hein is addressing the section of its mission statement that involves corporate citizenship and has offered the following rationale: The crisis revolving around race relations in America and the recent events surrounding this crisis have made the Hein Company rethink the idea of financially profiting from the sale of a collection on slavery. As good corporate citizens, Hein realized that a unique opportunity existed to make a positive impact in our community, in our profession and very possibly in a wider arena. Therefore, the decision was made

Solar Powered Library

The dreams of the SMUMN alternative energy coalition came to fruition today. Workers from Winona Renewable Energy LLC braved freezing cold temperatures to install solar panels on the roof of the Fitzgerald Library this morning. When the work is completed the panels will supply energy to both the Library and the McEnery Center. Kudos to all who worked on and supported this mission!

Martin Luther King Week

The library will be celebrating Martin Luther King Week with a variety of displays. Be sure to take a look at the letter from Martin Luther King Jr. from the library archives. After reading Time Magazine's February 18th, 1957 cover story on Martin Luther King and the article "Two Women of Kentucky" which appeared in The Commonweal magazine on February 8th, Brother Luke Herbert, then Fitzgerald's Head Librarian, wrote a brief note to Martin Luther King, Jr. In a few days he received Reverend Martin Luther King's reply. Both letters will be on display.

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