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The Library Newsletter

The Fall 2007 issue of the Library's member newsletter Heritage is now available. The newsletter includes articles on the legacy of McCarthy victims, the Library's partnership with the Dolores Huerta Labor Institute to bring labor history to 130,000 working students, our youth oral history project, and much more. You can start receiving copies of the newsletter by becoming a member.

Included below are links to information mentioned in the articles.


L.A. Times Op-Ed: Still Seeing Red
A recent op-ed in the L.A. Times claims that those targeted by Senator McCarty and the House Unamerican Activities Committee "were fools at best and supporters of terror, murder, and totalitarian repression at worst."

Read the full L.A. Times op-ed




Find the Library's Collections on the Online Archive of California
The Library has over 80 processed collections on the Online Archive of California, far more than many larger institutions with much larger budgets. You can find descriptions of the Library's processed collections on the Online Archive of California.


Get More Information on the Emory Douglas Exhibit at MOCA
The Library is joining with the Museum of Contemporary Art on their new exhibit entitled "Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas." Find more information about the Emory Douglas exhibit.




See the Library's Archives in the "Just Spaces" Exhibit
The Library's housing collections are part of a "Just Spaces" exhibit at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions). Find more information about the Just Spaces exhibit.


Youth Chronicle Their Growing Pains
The Library recently completed over 30 oral histories of young people in South L.A. Listen to a clip from the young people's stories (7.9 MB).

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