Posted in Events | December 4, 2020
Queens Public Library’s Correctional Outreach, Hip-Hop Programs, Youth Justice Court, and the Queensbridge Tech Lab present Justice Without Barriers Week! Under the It’s Time for Kind umbrella, our special guests will share their stories and other acts of kindness. These…
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Posted in General | November 30, 2020
    On Tuesday, November 17, Queens Memory streamed a program called "Power and Oppression in the Archive: Building a Diverse Historical Record through Oral History." This program was the last panel in a three-part series, titled “How Can We Do Better? Creating a More Just and…
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Posted in Press Release | November 24, 2020
Statement by Queens Public Library President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott on the Passing of Mayor David N. Dinkins “Mayor Dinkins gave New Yorkers the gifts of learning, literacy, and opportunity by increasing the City’s investment in public libraries, even in the face of…
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Posted in Press Release | November 10, 2020
Queens Public Library And Queens Defenders Form Partnership To Equip Parolees Released From Prison During The Covid-19 Pandemic With Smartphones, Data Plans And Other Tech Resources Funded Through a $330,000 Federal CARES Act Grant for Museums and Libraries, the “Immediate…
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Posted in Books | November 10, 2020
Every Thursday, the library hosts an author for its Literary Thursdays program. On November 5, our guest was Carlton F.W. Larson, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis, School of Law and leading treason scholar. Larson’s new book, On…
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