The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene handily differentiated herself from most librarians. She stood out for other ...
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Early Addition: It's never too late to return a library book
Because better late than never, here are your early links: an escaped bull, a rare Italian duck, the case for pimple patches ...
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The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
Bangor University faces 'the perfect storm' as redundancies loom
Bangor University has warned staff that they need to cut 'around 200 jobs' as it bids to save £15m as UK universities face a ...
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The Enormous Secondhand Shop In Bangor Where You Can Lose Yourself For Hours
Welcome to the Salvation Army Family Store in Bangor, Maine – a secondhand paradise that’s as vast as it is captivating.
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University removes Green Library banner, citing institutional neutrality
The AdHoc Committee on University Speech, in conjunction with Stanford librarians, decided to remove the “K(no)w Justice, K(no)w Peace” banner over Cecil H. Green Library to comply with the University ...
Broadway Hannaford hosts reusable bag fundraiser for Bangor library
To celebrate, the Broadway Hannaford is hosting a fundraiser to benefit the Bangor Public Library this month. For each ...