Twenty-five libraries host “The Sixties” film discussion series
Contact: Laura Hayes
312-280-5055
lhayes@ala.org
For Immediate Release
September 26, 2003
Twenty-five libraries host “The Sixties” film discussion series
National Video Resources (NVR) and the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office have named 25 public and academic libraries as pilot sites for the film discussion series,
“The Sixties: America’s Decade of Crisis and Change.”
This new six-week library program features scholar-led lectures, documentary film screenings, readings and discussion sessions on a period of extraordinary change and social conflict in American history. Issues covered in the film series include: the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, Kennedy’s reform agenda, the civil rights movement, America’s involvement in Vietnam, the anti-war movement, the “counterculture,” and rage and reaction in 1968.
The libraries selected for the series are (in alphabetical order by state):
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Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Ala.
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Copper Queen Library, Bisbee, Ariz.
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Oakland Public Library, Oakland, Calif.
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Wallingford Public Library, Wallingford, Conn.
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Broward County Library, Pembroke Pines, Fla.
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Athens-Clarke County Library, Athens, Ga.
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Bloomington Public Library, Bloominton, Ill.
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Johnson County Library, Overland, Kan.
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Bowling Green Public Library, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Hingham Public Library, Hingham, Mass.
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Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester, Mich.
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Brandon Public Library, Brandon, Miss.
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Missouri River Regional Library, Jefferson City, Mo.
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New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington, N.C.
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Ocean County Library, Toms River, N.J.
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Guilderland Public Library, Guilderland, N.Y.
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Kent State University, Paul Blair Memorial Library, East Liverpool, Ohio
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Crook County Library, Prineville, Ore.
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Providence Public Library, Providence, R.I.
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Tennessee Tech University, Volpe Library and Media Center, Cookeville, Tenn.
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Chesterfield Public Library, Chesterfield, Va.
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Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library, Christiansburg, Va.
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Waukesha Public Library, Waukesha, Wis.
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Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wis.
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White Mountain Library, Rock Springs, Wyo.
The Sixties is made possible by support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
For more information regarding the series, please visit
www.1960s.org or
www.ala.org/publicprograms.
The Sixties is the successor of three other programs developed by its sponsors. Such series as: “
From Rosie to Roosevelt: A Film History of Americans in WWII,” “Post War Years, Cold War Fears: American Culture and Politics, 1946-60,” and “
Presidents, Politics, and Power: American Presidents Who Shaped the 20th Century,
” continue to offer public library programmers and academics a new model for public discussion. For more information on past series please visit
www.nvr.org.
NVR is a nonprofit organization established in 1990 by the Rockefeller Foundation. NVR’s goals are to assist in increasing the public’s access and awareness of independently produced media, film and video, as well as motion media delivered through new digital technologies.
The ALA Public Programs Office fosters cultural programming by libraries of all types.
Established in 1990, the office assists thousands of libraries nationwide to develop and host programs that encourage dialogue among community members, and works to establish libraries as cultural centers in their communities.