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In the News: “New program at Memphis Public Libraries aims to preserve family histories”
Action News 5 – A Better Memphis – July 24, 2025 Verjeana Hunt discusses the History Department’s Funeral Program Collection for genealogy research.
DIG Memphis News: New Funeral Programs Collection
Explore DIG’s brand new online collection, The Funeral Programs Collection. Designed to support genealogy and historical research, this collection honors our ancestors and preserves the…
In the News: “Memphis woman marched with MLK—now her story to be spotlighted at Bookstock”
News Channel 3 – Live at 9 – April 7, 2025 – Wang-Ying Glasgow from Memphis Public Libraries and participating author Carrie Louise Pinson talk…
In the News: ‘I was scared because they were killing Black folks for less’: 65 years later, Memphis students honored for library protest
Action News 5 – March 19, 2025 – “The next time you check out a book at your local library, you may want to thank…