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Black Freedom Struggle in the United States is a new collection of primary source documents detailing the history of African Americans from the 1790s to the 2000s, covering slavery, the abolitionist movement, the Jim Crow era, through the civil rights movement to the recent past. Documents include contemporary newspaper articles, diaries, correspondence, government publications, and more. Material is easily searchable by time period:

• Resistance to Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860)
• The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877)
• Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932)
• The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945)
• The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975)
• The Contemporary Era (1976-2000)

This new resource from ProQuest is an excellent source of material for students of all ages, as well as those who want to learn more about our history as a nation through the words of those who lived it. It is available through the Digital Library.

New year, new semester, same old bills. If you’re a college student in Baton Rouge, get a library card and save some money! You don’t have to be an official resident as long as you’re a full-time student at a college or university in Baton Rouge.

What kind of stuff does your library card get you?

• books! online books! books in print! books you listen to on CDs! books you listen to on your phone! SO MANY BOOKS
• movies! DVDs! BluRays! binge boxes based on your favorite genres or directors! entire seasons of TV for when you’re finally done studying and ready to figure out what everyone’s been talking about all semester! streaming indie films and documentaries!
• music! FREE music! free music you can KEEP!
• research! take an online class to supplement what you’re taking this semester, or just use our databases to help you find the perfect reference for your paper!
• arts and crafts! Our teens and 20somethings departments come up with awesome take-and-make crafts you can do at home – all supplies and instructions are provided, just call ahead to make sure they’re still available!
• eternal life! (I mean, probably not, but who’s to say what local history archive the Baton Rouge Room has archived? Only you, if you get a library card!)

Call us at (225) 231-3740 for more information, and come by one of our fourteen branches to get your library card today!

The library is closed today, Monday, January 18th, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. All branches will reopen for normal hours on Tuesday, January 19th. The digital library is always open!

Global pandemic can’t keep Baton Rouge entreprenurship down – next Tuesday-Thursday, January 19th-21st, you can join entrepreneurs, investors, founders, and more, for an incredible virtual experience you can enjoy from the comfort and safety of your home. Featured speakers include Jefferson Award winner and serial entrepreneur Sevetri Wilson; Lucid, LLC CEO Patrick B. Corner; and Linden Lab founder Philip Rosedale. Tickets are still available at www.celebratebrew.com – get yours today!

Join Louisiana’s only Certified Professional Organizer, Alyssa Trosclair, as she discusses how the EMEND organizing method can help you! Registration for the four events is available online:

• Organizing for Your Weight Loss Goals, 3PM Sunday, January 10th
• Gaining Control of Paper Clutter, 3PM Sunday, January 17th
• Organizing Your Photos & Memorabilia, 3PM Sunday, January 24th
• Organizing Your Time, 3PM Sunday, January 31st

To comply with social distancing guidelines, in-person seating is limited and registration is required to attend.

The digital library is always open for your last-minute present-making, escapist literature, teaching-your-folks-how-to-reboot-the-router needs!

All branches of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library will close tonight at 6pm, remain closed through Thanksgiving tomorrow, and open on Friday for regular hours. The Digital Library is always open for all of your ebook, audiobook, online class, and everything-including-kitchen-sink-repair needs!

It’s that time of year again! If you lost track of some library items during the general mayhem of this year and have some fines you’d like to take care of, you can bring non-perishable food items to any branch of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library to take ’em down. One dollar of late fines will be waived for each donated item, and all donations go to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank. The program starts December 1st and runs until the end of 2020, which sounds dramatic, but is really just the end of December.

This year’s Baton Rouge Mini Maker Faire was completely, 100% virtual! That means that if you missed the livestream, you can still see all the panels and activities, and maybe even follow along with some of them yourself. Follow us on YouTube, or click the playlist below to see such wonders as:

1. the full, eight-hour livestream!
2. DIY PPE: Making Us Safe Together
3. Building Communities: Library Makerspaces
4. Viral Business: Business During COVID
5. Full STEAM Ahead: Teaching for Tomorrow Today
6. Art & Activism
7. so many more videos of library Arduino projects and the work of local makers!