![]() ![]() Sister Outsider* was the Community Read for fall 2020 and selections of this text are the basis for discussion in the Audre Lorde Now Series. For help finding these see our video on Reference Resources, or Ask a Librarian.Īccess books online through Hunter College Libraries for the Audre Lorde Now: A Community Read-in for Our Survival event series sponsored by the Presidential Task Force on Racial Equity at Hunter College. For more background information on Audre Lorde, see some of Hunter College Libraries online reference resources. ![]() In 1991 Audre Lorde was poet laureate of New York State. After a career as a librarian in public libraries, Lorde lectured throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa, and became a Distinguished Professor of English at Hunter College. The Hunter College Libraries honor notable alumnae, Audre Lorde, class of ‘59, a self-described Black lesbian feminist mother warrior poet. This is a recording of Langston Hughes commenting on and reading his poem. For information about Langston Hughes’ poem, “I too,” enter that title into the search box. You will see an alphabetical list of our subscribed databases. You can find it by starting at the library home page then selecting the databases tab. To find information about a particular poem, the database, Gale Literature, is an excellent resource. This year, Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recited her poem, “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration. The first poet to participate was 87 year-old Robert Frost who read “The Gift Outright” at JFK’s inauguration. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joseph Biden. Notably, four United States presidents included poetry in their inauguration ceremonies: John F. This year we observe the 25th anniversary of this celebration. The Academy of American poets designated April as National Poetry Month in 1996. This saying may have originated with the following short poem that the English poet Thomas Tusser wrote in 1557. It is said that April showers bring May flowers. Post by Lisa Finder, Associate Professor, Electronic Resources Librarian, and Liaison to the Department of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies We hope you will give it a read and share your thoughts on the challenges and rewards of working toward a shared sense of purpose in challenging circumstances. You can find Stephanie Margolin and Malin Abrahamsson's article "An “Anti-Handbook Handbook” for Unexpected Changes in a Library Organization" through Hunter Libraries' subscription databases. In a new article in Portal, two members of Hunter Libraries share the resilience and ingenuity in Hunter Libraries that they saw practiced during this challenging time. We grew together as an organization in ways that we could not anticipate. We drew on leadership across the libraries through expanded definitions of department membership and committee structures. We stuck together through it all and developed new ways of organizing ourselves and our work. We experienced transitions in library leadership, an international pandemic, and the dramatic introduction of new ways of working. Like many of us, Hunter College Libraries went through some changes last year. as shown on the blog post, Tulsa Race Massacre: Newspaper Complicity and Coverage. Image: “Tulsa’s Terrible Tale Is Told,” The Chicago Whip (Chicago, IL), June 11, 1921, p. (Sign up for a free New York Times Academic Pass with your Hunter College email address.) See the blog post on the Library of Congress' website that illustrates how news sources at the time handled coverage, Tulsa Race Massacre: Newspaper Complicity and Coverage.įor a contemporary interactive article on the New York Times website, see What the Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed. An article title in the search results attests to the significance of this change in term usage “Library of Congress Changes Subject Heading of the Tulsa Race Riot to the Tulsa Race Massacre" (login with NetID and password required). Over 1200 results were returned that included the search term Tulsa riot, the term commonly used in the past. President Biden visited the area to discuss what happened with survivors and current residents, the first time a president has done so.įor more information about this atrocity, try a search for 'Tulsa Race Massacre' in the OneSearch field on the Hunter College Libraries homepage. Hundreds of residents were killed, over a thousand homes were destroyed and successful businesses were obliterated. CUNY Libraries Inter-Campus Services (CLICS)īetween May 31 and June 1st, 1921, a prosperous African American community in Tulsa, Oklahoma was viciously attacked by a white mob.NYC Libraries and Academic Library Access.Social Work & Urban Public Health Library. ![]()
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