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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.
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…
In the News: “Memphis Library Foundation hosts tattoo event to fund literacy programs”
ABC 24 Memphis – March 31, 2025 – At the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, ink was flowing for a good cause. Tattoo artists had set…