Exactly 85 years after five Black men were arrested at a Northern Virginia library during a civil rights protest, the Alexandria Library unveiled a new traveling exhibition, detailing the events ...

A powerful new exhibit honors one of the first civil rights sit-in protests in America. In 1939, when the Alexandria Library was only open to white people, Samuel Tucker and five other young Black ...

Soar over the iconic Library of Alexandria, the Citadel of Qaitbay, and the bustling streets, capturing the essence of this timeless city.

Libraries had not been a big part of the civil rights movement but that changed in Alexandria, VA. On the morning of August 21, 1939 five young African American men entered the segregated public ...

In the majestic ancient library, the wisdom of Greek and Roman culture wasn’t revered in silence.