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This Old Library (2000-05-11)
About this film
The Linn-Henley Research Library, which can be found in the Birmingham Public Library, is full of information and also houses an archive. This piece looks at some of the documents, artwork, and archival material found in the Linn-Henley Research Library including a painting by Hannah Elliott, A letter from Birmingham City Jail written by Martin Luther King Jr., some scrapbooks from Mardi Gras, and more.
Directors & creators
University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Linn-Henley Research Library, Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama, Martin Luther King Jr., Hannah Elliott, Ezra Winter, Joby Tyler, Jonathan Bass, Ralph Abernathy, Ku Klux Klan, Works Progress Administration, Letter from Birmingham Jail, Civil rights movement, Archives and records preservation, Mardi Gras, Mural restoration
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