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Library Info Alert focuses on recent developments in the field of library science and information management in the United States. Library Info Alert contains summaries of recent articles from leading library-related periodicals and recommended Internet sites.
LATEST ON HUMANITIES
The U.S. Information Resource Center (IRC) of the American Embassy in Athens is happy to provide you with Latest on Humanities, a bulletin focused on American society and culture. This publication is a bi-monthly compilation of recent articles from a wide range of authoritative journals and periodicals. Internet sites related to cultural themes and current issues of interest are also included.
PRESENTATIONS
Women of Influence
This collection chronicles how 21 notable American women broke new ground, some by championing equal rights for all and others by their accomplishments in fields such as government, literature, and even in war.
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Free At Last - The U.S. Civil Rights Movement
FREE AT LAST - THE U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
This book recounts how African-American slaves and their descendants struggled to win — both in law and in practice — the civil rights enjoyed by other Americans. It is a story of dignified persistence and struggle, a story that produced great heroes and heroines, and one that ultimately succeeded by forcing Americans to confront squarely the shameful gap between their universal principles of equality and justice and the inequality, injustice, and oppression faced by millions of their fellow citizens.
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IIP PRODUCTS
IIP Electronic Journals
Monthly collections of articles by U.S. and international experts, with focus on U.S. Foreign Policy, Economics, Democracy, Global Issues and U.S. Society and Values.
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa.html
Great Women of the Twentieth Century
A new photography exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery celebrates American women who made important contributions to arts, science, sports, entertainment, business and politics in the 20th century. Click on the following America.gov link for a brief introduction to a few of these remarkable women.
Photo Gallery
Black History Month Honors Legacy of Struggle and Triumph
Theme for 2010 is “The History of Black Economic Empowerment”
Each February, Black History Month honors the struggles and triumphs of millions of American citizens over the most devastating obstacles — slavery, prejudice, poverty — as well as their contributions to the nation’s cultural and political life.
www.america.gov/st/diversity-english/2008/January/20070126175516xlrennef0.8811151.html
Information Programs (IIP)
Student Corner
More publications and electronic journals from IIP.
http://www.america.gov/publications/student-corner.html
IIP Photo Gallery: Black Economic Empowerment in America
www.america.gov/multimedia/photogallery.html#/30145/black_econ/
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