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Black Journalists Oral History Project

Find valuable insights into the early years of Black journalists’ struggles to shape their role in those newsrooms and the evolution of the Black press.

Reminiscences of Bobby Bowen

Listen to a leader of the Black Panther Party in Richmond, CA and how he came to consciousness through reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

Hollywood, Censorship, and the Motion Picture Production Code, 1927-1968

Browse the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Production Code Administration Files collection of documents of forty years of self-regulation and censorship in the motion picture industry.

The Spirit of 1968

Explore documents and materials on the Black freedom movement on Morningside Heights, and around the globe.

A Brief History of Anti-Black Violence and Policing at Columbia University

Discover a documentation of the history of student and community activism on campus and in Harlem.

In the School of Wisdom: Persian Bookbinding ca 1575-1890

Virtually visit a reprise of a previous RBML exhibition presented between October 2018 and March 2019.

John Brown and Harper's Ferry

Explore the life of John Brown, a radical abolitionist who risked his life to end slavery.

How Harlem Became Radical

See ephemera from Hubert H. Harrison-- the first great soapbox orator of Harlem-- who was a brilliant and influential writer, educator, and movement builder of the early 20th century.

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Meet Kevin Schlottmann, Head of Archives Processing and Interim Director of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, who ensures that archives are accessible to researchers.

SimplyE for Columbia makes an extensive selection of ebooks from the Libraries' collections available to Columbia faculty, staff, and students in a free mobile app.

News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes documents from notable Columbia University faculty, like Christine Ladd Franklin, well-known for her research on color vision.

In response to students' requests for extended library hours, the Science & Engineering Library will be open until midnight on Sundays through Thursdays beginning March 7.

How two mid-century ball gowns from former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower made their way to the University Archives for "future generations of Columbia people" to appreciate.

Graduate student Hannah Ervin reflects on the joy they've found among the texts that have defined their study in seminary in the stacks of the Burke Library.

The Libraries recognizes Winifred Edgerton, the first woman to receive a degree from Columbia with a Ph.D. in astronomy, in honor of Women and Girls in Science Day.

A portrait from the University Archives helped a team of forensic anthropologists to identify the remains of Pierre Toussaint, who is expected to become the first Black saint in the Catholic Church in North America.

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