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Black librarians drop Indianapolis as conference site

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Who gets to tell the story of a historic civil rights site?

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Chicago Obama library highly anticipated, but gentrification and displacement fears begin to surface

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#ReadingWhileBlack: Mom outraged after 11-year-old son ‘traumatized’ by police at library

  TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and videographers will investigate […]
/ March 13, 2019
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Rival Chicago groups clash over Obama library bid

CHICAGO (AP) — Barack Obama’s journey from community organizer to lawmaker to president was also a journey through several different Chicagos…
/ February 13, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Obama presidential library site search begins

WASHINGTON (AP) — The search for a home for President Barack Obama’s presidential library is officially underway…
/ February 1, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Why Bush and Obama have failed to unite the country

OPINION – George W. Bush and Barack Obama, neither of whom was considered an ideologue before they entered office, have presided over the most politically divisive time in modern American history…
/ April 25, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Oxford librarian 'sacked' for Harlem Shake video

LONDON (AP) — Oxford University students are rallying behind a librarian who they say was unfairly sacked after students filmed themselves performing the ‘Harlem Shake’ in a college library…
/ March 20, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Library’s ‘lynching quilt’ sparks controversy

VIDEO – An exhibit at the Indianapolis Central Library includes a piece of art that many people will view as controversial…
/ January 31, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Newark Public Library displays drawing of slave having sex with white man

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – A library that covered up a drawing of a black female slave having sex with a white man after workers found it inappropriate is displaying it again…
/ January 22, 2013