F662 Literacy in Virginia
Thursdays, 2:15—3:40, Nov. 2—Nov. 9
Two sessions
Old Town Hall, 3999 University Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030
Instructors: Chris Barbuschak, Suzanne La Pierre, S. Dianne Coan, Patricia O’Connell
Nov. 2: Literacy in Northern Virginia: Challenges and Changes
Join Fairfax County Public Library librarians Suzanne LaPierre and Chris Barbuschak as they speak about their new book Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries. Learn about the major civil rights activists who successfully desegregated local public libraries during the Jim Crow era. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. Chris Barbuschak, Virginia Room Archivist/Librarian/County of Fairfax. Suzanne Lapierre, Virginia Specialist Librarian/County of Fairfax.
Nov. 9: How Virginia Libraries Support Literacy Choices
- Hear how collection development policies, principles of book selection, and core tenets of librarianship come together to form the foundation for ensuring choices for Virginia readers and a bulwark of intellectual freedom. S. Dianne Coan, Division Director, Technical Operations, Fairfax County Public Library.
- From her book We Are Your Children Too: Black Students, White Supremacists, and the Battle for America's Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, the author discusses the county's five-year closure of all public schools in massive resistance to the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, and the resulting lack of literacy opportunities for most Black and some White children there. Patricia O’Connell Pearson.
Book signing to follow.
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