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Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing By Robert A. Caro Call Number:  PN 4874 .C2528 A3 2019 Review from The Guardian and an  interview  with Caro on NPR Publisher's Description :   From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of  The Power Broker  and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply moving recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed books. Robert Caro gives us a glimpse into his own life and work in these evocatively written, personal pieces. He describes what it was like to interview the mighty Robert Moses and to begin discovering the extent of the political power Moses wielded; the combination of discouragement and exhilaration he felt confronting the vast holdings of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library in Austin, Texas; his encounters with witnesses, including longtime residents wrenchingly displaced by the construction of Moses' Cross-Bronx Expressway and Lady Bird Johnson acknowl

We will need to postpone our game nights for another time. Sorry about this.  SPRING 2020 GAME NIGHTS   March 24, 5-8pm, Room 107 PlayStation Games ·        PS1 – Crash Bandicoot ·        PS1 – Dynasty Warriors ·        PS1 – Twisted Metal 2 ·        PS2 – Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 ·        PS2 – Shadow of the Colossus ·        PS3 – Portal 2 ·      April 21, 5-8pm, Room 107 Xbox and Sega Games ·        Xbox – Dead or Alive 3 ·        Xbox 360 – Halo 4 ·        Xbox 360 – Just Dance 2018 ·        Xbox One – Cuphead ·        Sega Genesis – Sonic and Knuckles, Sonic 2 ·        Sega Dreamcast – Sonic Adventure

Unfortunately we will be postponing our Crafternoons for another time. Stay tuned! During these sessions, Anne Swenson from the Library will lead us in making various theme-related crafts using recycled book materials. Mark your calendars! MARCH 10, 2020 - Noon - 1 pm (ALB 103A) APRIL 14, 2020 - Noon-1 pm (ALB 103A)

African Americans and the Vote In celebration of Black History Month, the University Library has a featured display in the lobby that includes resources highlighting this year's theme, "African Americans and the Vote."  The year 2020 marks the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment and the culmination of the women’s suffrage movement. It also marks the sesquicentennial of the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) and the right of black men to the ballot after the Civil War.  The theme speaks to the ongoing struggle on the part of both black men and black women for the right to vote.  The Library is also hosting a screening of  "Into the Fire (1861-1896): The African Americans—Many Rivers to Cross "   "Into the Fire"   (56 minutes) Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:00 - 7:00 pm ALB 310 Free Popcorn provided Description: This video  examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African-American history: the Civil War and the end of slave