Posted on September 15th, 2009 by MarisHayashi
Week of September 14, 2009
News Item: September 15 through October 15 is Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month. This week In the News looks at titles published since 2000 that relate to Latino, Chicano, and Hispanic cultures.
Atlas of Hispanic-American History
By George Ochoa and Carter Smith. Facts on File, 2009
Call Number: E184 .S75 O287 2009 (Boca Raton Reference - [...]
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Posted on July 27th, 2009 by MarisHayashi
See “In the News” posts from 2007 to present at:
http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/cd/newsprev.htm
Week of July 27, 2009
News Item: The recent arrest of African American scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and comments from President Barack Obama regarding the incident have prompted discussions about the current state of race in America. Have racial tensions eased since the U.S. elected its [...]
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Posted on December 16th, 2008 by janestrudwick
The FAU Libraries have received another generous gift from Mr. Hugh W. Ripley.
Finding that students in his American history classes “were inclined to be restless and inattentive, [Wilbur H. Siebert] decided to arouse their interest over a mysterious and romantic subject that was rich in adventure.”
The Wilbur H. Siebert Collection contains correspondence, notes, manuscripts, student [...]
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