On a sun-kissed evening prior to a meeting of the Hanover Board of Supervisors, dozens of adults and children quietly gathered on the lawn of the historic county courthouse for a “read-in” protesting a School Board policy that would expedite book removal in school libraries.
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Hanover Together, a progressive grassroots organization, held a read-in outside the historic Hanover courthouse last month in opposition to a book policy proposed by the Hanover School Board.
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05-09-1963 (cutline): Stacks surround Miss Virginia Richardson at City Library.
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01-20-1956: Richmond Public Library
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08-11-1958 (cutline): Public library using electronics for checking out books. Mrs. E. Harold Thompson has book checked out by Larry Brice.
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10-14/1958 (cutline): Librarians Miss Carrie Anderson and Miss Virginia Richardson file books on the shelves of the City Library's music department, which has just been moved from basement to larger quarters on the second floor. Previously unoccupied, the space on the west side of the second floor was remodeled for the purpose.
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05-09-1963 (cutline): City library employees check card files.
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01/14/1965: Richmond Public Library
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12-22-1964 (cutline): Marcellus Wright Jr. returns books.
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1961: Mrs. Donald Miller chooses a book from new book shelf at Richmond Public Library.
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12-29-1968 (cutline): Richmond Public Library
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12-29-1966 (cutline): Snowed under, not by weather--by Robert Frost. Term papers mean holiday work for Mary Jo Barnette.
That foundational aspect of U.S. history shouldn't be too "complicated" to air at a book lecture, or for that matter, a classroom. That it has…
Hanover Together, a progressive grassroots organization, held a read-in outside the historic Hanover courthouse last month in opposition to a book policy proposed by the Hanover School Board.
