For this week in Black History month, we’d like to take a look at pioneering Black entrepreneurs…
Let’s start with Maggie Walker…. Born to sharecropper parents, Walker was orphaned at 7, married at 14 and widowed by 20. The child of former slaves, Walker is considered the first documented American woman to be a self-made millionaire […]
This Valentine’s Day… the phrase “hearts and flowers” came to mind… and like any word-loving librarian, I began to wonder about its origins…And, what better source for word queries than the Oxford English Dictionary (OED to the cognescenti, lol)…
Ahh…the OED..present day meanings AND etymology! Up to date OED available remotely with NYLI membership….
As any […]
Hiram R. Revels, Joseph F. Rainey, Shirley Chisholm, John Conyers…..are just a few names of those who pioneered the way for African American representation in the U.S. Congress…..
Schomburg Center – NYPL “Hiram R. Revels of Mississippi, the first colored member of the U.S. Senate, Joseph F. Rainey of South Carolina, […]
This Black History Month, we’d like to begin with an appreciation of Thurgood Marshall… along with NYLI resources where you can learn more about the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice….
Thurgood Marshall’s Supreme Court Hearings.. available on LLMC with NYLI membership
Perhaps Marshall’s best known case was the landmark Supreme Court case of […]
95 years after the 15th Amendment’s ratification, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 promised to enforce the right to vote by eliminating obstacles such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and other bureaucratic restrictions imposed by many Southern state legislatures during the post-Reconstruction period.
The 1898 Louisiana Constitution eliminated Reconstruction Era’s voting rights for […]
Regarded as a definitive legal authority, Black’s Law Dictionary was first published in 1861. Author Henry Campbell Black’s original preface describes the work as “a concise and yet comprehensive book of definitions of the terms, phrases, and maxims used in American law…necessary to be understood by the working lawyer and judge, as […]
Alexander Hamilton’s epitaph notes that he was “a patriot, soldier and statesman whose talents and virtues will be admired long after this marble shall have mouldered into dust”.
Alexander Hamilton’s final resting place — Trinity Churchyard– across from The New York Law Institute (120 Broadway/NYC)
And with Lin-Manuel’s Musical, many now know of the duel that […]
The written word, images, music and film all exit the world of copyright and enter into public domain….. This Public Domain Day (1.1.2025), we’ve got some interesting graduates entering into the latest class of public domain works of art….
“Virginia Stephen (Woolf)” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1902. […]
Something to contemplate as you attend Holiday Office parties and tree trimmings…..On December 5, 1933, the 18th Amendment – popularly known as “Prohibition,” was repealed…
New York Daily News; December 6, 1933. .. Headline says it all!
The 21st Amendment is the only one that repeals a previous amendment. Additionally, it is the the […]
With my decorating partner Pheobe Hurtte retiring over the Summer, I was both stumped as to holiday book themes and missing her able assistance with ornaments…
Gnomes alone created this…. NYLI’s tree constructed out of NY Case Law books
Over the long Thanksgiving Break, NYLI experienced a once in a lifetime visit of what is popularly […]
