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A Girl Stands at the Door

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 6:30pm
Plaza Branch
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Rutgers University historian Rachel Devlin examines an underappreciated aspect of civil rights history – the crucial role of young African-Amer...
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The New Localism

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 6:30pm
Plaza Branch
Bruce Katz, director of Drexel University’s Nowak Metro Finance Lab, discusses his book The New Localism: How Cities Can...
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Not a Crime to Be Poor

Tuesday, August 21, 2018 6:30pm
Plaza Branch
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In a discussion of his book Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America, Georgetown University’s Peter Edelma...
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Home Truth

Thursday, August 23, 2018 6:30pm
Plaza Branch
Jessica Lenahan’s three daughters were killed by their father in 1999, and her fight to bring meaning to their deaths led to one of the most significa...
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Around the World

Sunday, August 26, 2018 2:00pm
Plaza Branch
Sample some of the world’s faraway places in the latest installment of the Library’s special, intergenerational movie series for individuals with deme...
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