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Rosa Parks: In Her Qwn Words
Showcases rarely seen materials that offer an intimate
view of Rosa Parks and documents her life and activism
creating
rich opportunity ior viewers
disccver new
dimensions t0 their understanding of this seminal figure.
The materials are drawn extensively from the Rosa
Parks Collection;
gift to the Library
Congress from
the Howard
Bufiett Foundation:
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Geppi Gems
Showcases
selection of Stephen_
Geppi s generous
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donation t0 the
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of contents from the
Geppi Entertainment Museum that closed its doors in
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2018. They represent themes from the museun;
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including Walt Disney's iconic characters, westerns
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Exploring_the_Early Americas
Examine indigenous cultures, the drama of the
encounters between Native Americans and Europeans,
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and the resulting changes caused by the meeting of the
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two worlds, which features selections from the Jay |.
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Kislak Collection: This exhibit also features Martin
Waldseemiller's 1507 map of the world
the first on
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which the word "America" appears.
Mapping
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Statehood
Abel Buell's New and Correct Map of the United States
of North
merica is the first map of the newly
indlependent United States compiled
printed , and
published in America by an American: This important
early American map
known t0 exist in only seven
copies. Philanthropist David M Rubenstein has
generously placed his copy of the map at the Library:
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