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Posted about 3 days ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction | Tagged with 19th Amendment, African American Women's Suffrage, States Rights, Suffrage, U.S. Constitution, VCU Common Book, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Women's Rights

Speaking of Constitution Day Constitution Day is September 17th. Join the Richmond Public Library (RPL) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries in celebrating the 19th Amendment this Constitution Day. The […]

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Audiobooks, Book Reviews, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Technology | Tagged with blind, low vision

Are you too busy with projects to devote as much time as you’d like to reading?  Perhaps you can’t hold a book for very long without your arms getting so […]

Posted about 3 months ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with mental health

Absolutely everyone is going through at least something. Most are having to deal with more than one worry. Know this also, just because someone may have it worse than you does not mean your troubles aren't worth concern. You. Are. VALID.

Posted about 3 months ago by Kathy Coker

Posted in Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with Emancipation Proclamation, Freedom Day, Holiday, Independence Day, Juneteenth

News of Slavery’s End Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, is the oldest national celebration of slavery’s end in the United States. On June 19, 1865 Union Major General Gordon Granger […]

Posted about 3 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Book Reviews, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with 3rd Amendment, Constitution, Drawn and Quartered, International Law, Military, No Quarter, Pirate flag, Tom Cotton

On Monday, June 1, 2020 war veteran and junior Senator from Arkansas, Attorney Thomas Bryant Cotton, used the phrase “no quarter” and has been at the center of controversy. I, […]

Posted about 5 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Book Reviews, Events, Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with 19th Amendment, Constitution, law, Law Day, May 1, Representative democracy, rule of law, Vote, Women's Suffrage

What is Law Day? Law Day was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 as a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law in the United […]

Posted about 6 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Inform * Enrich * Empower

Spring is on the way!  And April showers bring … financial literacy?  April is “Financial Literacy Month”, which makes it a good time to take charge of your finances. Even […]

Posted about 8 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Inform * Enrich * Empower, Uncategorized | Tagged with taxes

April 15th will be here before you know it. That means it is time to <cue spooky music> COMPLETE YOUR FEDERAL TAX RETURNS!! (Virginia tax returns aren’t due until May […]

Posted about 8 months ago by Jonah Butler

Posted in Inform * Enrich * Empower, Technology | Tagged with boycott, ebooks, embargo, macmillan

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Posted about 10 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations, Writing | Tagged with apps, literary, news aggregators

Now that the days are shorter, and the nights seem endless, you would think there would be time to sit on the sofa with a big thick book – perhaps […]