Rosa Parks’ archive opening to public at Library of Congress
By BRETT ZONGKER Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, reflected later on how it felt to be treated less than equal and once…
Libraries
Iraqi libraries ransacked by Islamic State group in Mosul
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and SAMEER N. YACOUB When Islamic State group militants invaded the Central Library of Mosul earlier this month, they were on a mission to destroy a familiar…
For President Barack Obama library, a contest of haves vs have-nots
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama has preached economic opportunity and equal access to education as cornerstones of the legacy he wants to leave behind. But in the contest to…
VATICAN, OXFORD PUT ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS ONLINE
By NICOLE WINFIELD Msgr. Cesare Pasini, prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library, shows a 10th century digitalized Bible during an interview with The Associated Press , at the Apostolic Library,…
How kids helped buy a copy of Gettysburg Address
By KERRY LESTER In this Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 photo, school groups and visitors view Illinois’ copy of the Gettysburg Address at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library, in…
Historic items from JFK assassination on display
By DAN SEWELL Lonna McKinley, of the National Museum of the US Air Force, looks through the log for President John F. Kennedy’s Air Force One, rear, Friday, Nov. 8,…
School to unveil writer’s ‘Death Collection’
By DON BABWIN This Oct. 29, 2013, photo taken in Evanston, Ill., shows an actual child’s coffin filled with candy at the McCormick Library of Special Collections. The coffin is…
FUNDRAISING, THEN BIPARTISAN DISPLAY IN TEXAS
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk out of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, before boarding the Marine One helicopter. Obama…