{"id":537,"date":"2019-09-01T21:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T02:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/?p=537"},"modified":"2019-09-01T22:16:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T03:16:48","slug":"ruth-and-cathay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/ruth-and-cathay\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Bailey Earl and Cathay Williams at the African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg, MS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Originally published on Medium at <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@librariesval\/ruth-bailey-earl-and-cathay-williams-at-the-african-american-military-history-museum-in-hattiesburg-ffa36378e1d9\">https:\/\/medium.com\/@librariesval\/ruth-bailey-earl-and-cathay-williams-at-the-african-american-military-history-museum-in-hattiesburg-ffa36378e1d9<\/a> on  <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@librariesval\/ruth-bailey-earl-and-cathay-williams-at-the-african-american-military-history-museum-in-hattiesburg-ffa36378e1d9?source=post_page-----ffa36378e1d9----------------------\">May 22, 2016<\/a>.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ruth Bailey Earl and Cathay Williams at the African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg, MS <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HburgAAMHM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HburgAAMHM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0vFyDNb4Zr\">https:\/\/t.co\/0vFyDNb4Zr<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Valerie Hawkins (@librariesval) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/librariesval\/status\/890670087572553728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>I first became aware of the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/hattiesburguso.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi<\/a>&nbsp;just today, in randomly turning my television to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/series\/?ahtv\" target=\"_blank\">American History TV<\/a>, the weekend-only programming of the cable channel, C-SPAN3. This video of a brief tour of the museum and its exhibits was informative and fascinating. The museum highlights more than 150 years of African American military history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nMarch 28, 2016\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">African American Military History Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/person\/?latoyanorman\">Latoya Norman <\/a>gave\n a tour of the African American Military History Museum and highlighted \nsome of the contributions made by African Americans throughout the \nnation\u2019s history. African Americans have participated in every American \nmilitary conflict dating back to the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Watching African American Military History Museum <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CSPAN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lvNfCTVnWG\">https:\/\/t.co\/lvNfCTVnWG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sIcDp6ni7b\">pic.twitter.com\/sIcDp6ni7b<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Valerie Hawkins (@librariesval) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/librariesval\/status\/1168338280422748164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p> I enjoyed finding out about Ruth Bailey Earl and her powerful (and literal!) stance on being an African American woman serving in the armed forces during World War II. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"163\" data-attachment-id=\"538\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/ruth-and-cathay\/latoyanormanone\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormanone.png?fit=857%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"857,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"latoyanormanone\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormanone.png?fit=300%2C64&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormanone.png?fit=762%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormanone.png?resize=762%2C163\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormanone.png?w=857&amp;ssl=1 857w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormanone.png?resize=300%2C64&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormanone.png?resize=768%2C164&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormanone.png?resize=449%2C96&amp;ssl=1 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><figcaption> Latoya Norman\u2019s description of the Ruth Bailey Earl Exhibit from the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?409848-1\/african-american-military-history-museum\" target=\"_blank\">American History TV video<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1037\" height=\"620\" data-attachment-id=\"539\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/ruth-and-cathay\/ruthbailey-one\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ruthbailey-one.jpeg?fit=1037%2C620&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1037,620\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ruthbailey-one\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ruth Bailey Earl Statue at the African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ruth Bailey Earl Statue at the African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ruthbailey-one.jpeg?fit=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ruthbailey-one.jpeg?fit=762%2C455&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ruthbailey-one.jpeg?fit=762%2C455\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ruthbailey-one.jpeg?w=1037&amp;ssl=1 1037w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ruthbailey-one.jpeg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ruthbailey-one.jpeg?resize=768%2C459&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ruthbailey-one.jpeg?resize=1024%2C612&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ruthbailey-one.jpeg?resize=449%2C268&amp;ssl=1 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><figcaption> Ruth Bailey Earl Statue at the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/hattiesburguso.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> And I was&nbsp;<strong><em>very<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;surprised to hear about Cathay Williams and her impersonating a man to serve in the U.S. Army \u2014 in which she became the first woman to ever do so \u2014 and becoming a Buffalo Soldier. I don\u2019t think her story made it into that Bob Marley song\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"175\" data-attachment-id=\"540\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/ruth-and-cathay\/latoyanormantwo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormantwo.png?fit=806%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"806,185\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"latoyanormantwo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormantwo.png?fit=300%2C69&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormantwo.png?fit=762%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormantwo.png?resize=762%2C175\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormantwo.png?w=806&amp;ssl=1 806w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormantwo.png?resize=300%2C69&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormantwo.png?resize=768%2C176&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormantwo.png?resize=449%2C103&amp;ssl=1 449w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/latoyanormantwo.png?resize=800%2C185&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><figcaption> Latoya Norman\u2019s description of of the Buffalo Soldier Exhibit from the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?409848-1\/african-american-military-history-museum\" target=\"_blank\">American History TV video<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"746\" data-attachment-id=\"541\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/ruth-and-cathay\/cathay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cathay.jpeg?fit=1050%2C746&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1050,746\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cathay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cathay.jpeg?fit=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cathay.jpeg?fit=762%2C542&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cathay.jpeg?fit=762%2C542\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cathay.jpeg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cathay.jpeg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cathay.jpeg?resize=768%2C546&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cathay.jpeg?resize=1024%2C728&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cathay.jpeg?resize=422%2C300&amp;ssl=1 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><figcaption> Cathay Williams Figure at the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/hattiesburguso.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nI was able to find more information about Cathay Williams online\u2026\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"scoopit-container-4064176431\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoop.it\/topic\/diverse-books-and-media\/p\/4064176431\/2016\/05\/22\/cathay-williams-aka-william-cathay-american-civil-war-soldier-amazing-women-in-history\">Cathay Williams, AKA William Cathay, American Civil War soldier &#8211; Amazing Women In History<\/a><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoop.it\/embed-scoop\/4064176431.js?maxwidth=457\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"scoopit-container-4064176402\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoop.it\/topic\/diverse-books-and-media\/p\/4064176402\/2016\/05\/22\/cathay-williams-was-the-first-african-american-female-to-enlist-in-the-u-s-army\">Cathay Williams was the First African American female to enlist in the U.S. Army<\/a><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoop.it\/embed-scoop\/4064176402.js?maxwidth=457\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"scoopit-container-4110207935\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoop.it\/topic\/diverse-books-and-media\/p\/4110207935\/2019\/09\/01\/the-first-documented-black-woman-to-serve-in-the-u-s-army\">The First (Documented) Black Woman to Serve in the U.S. Army<\/a><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoop.it\/embed-scoop\/4110207935.js?maxwidth=457\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>There are not similar resources, unfortunately, on Ruth Bailey Earl&#8211;although there is this photo, on which the statue was based. For more information on her, you must&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hattiesburguso.com\/index.cfm\/african-american-military-contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">contact the museum directly<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftwgobh%2Fposts%2F1388908551210532&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"602\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to follow the Twitter account of the African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg, MS at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HburgAAMHM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@HburgAAMHM<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"450\" data-height=\"450\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HburgAAMHM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by HburgAAMHM<\/a> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also like the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HattiesburgAAMHM\/\" target=\"_blank\">African American Military History Museum\u2019s Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Have you ever visited the African American Military History Museum? If so, what was your favorite exhibit? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VORE8FK5sK\">pic.twitter.com\/VORE8FK5sK<\/a><\/p>\u2014 African American Military History Museum (@HburgAAMHM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HburgAAMHM\/status\/705120521139060736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally published on Medium at https:\/\/medium.com\/@librariesval\/ruth-bailey-earl-and-cathay-williams-at-the-african-american-military-history-museum-in-hattiesburg-ffa36378e1d9 on May 22, 2016.&nbsp; Ruth Bailey Earl and Cathay Williams at the African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg, MS @HburgAAMHM https:\/\/t.co\/0vFyDNb4Zr \u2014 Valerie Hawkins (@librariesval) July 27, 2017 I first became aware of the&nbsp;African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi&nbsp;just today, in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-black-history-matters"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ruthbailey-one.jpeg?fit=1037%2C620&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p95ERk-8F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110,"url":"https:\/\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/tougaloonine\/","url_meta":{"origin":537,"position":0},"title":"Tougaloo Nine #TougalooNine","author":"LibrariesVal","date":"August 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW\u00a08\/18\/17 Unsung heroes, 'Tougaloo Nine' honored for integration effort Rachel Maddow reports on a new marker on Mississippi's Freedom Trail honoring the Tougaloo Nine, black students who staged a \"read in\" at a whites-only library and endured arrest and imprisonment for their trouble, but inspired countless others\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;African Americans in Libraries and Librarianship&quot;","block_context":{"text":"African Americans in Libraries and Librarianship","link":"https:\/\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/category\/african-americans-in-libraries-and-librarianship\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tougaloo Nine Freedom Trail Marker","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PLAQUE-TCL-Tougaloo-Nine6.jpg?fit=680%2C510&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PLAQUE-TCL-Tougaloo-Nine6.jpg?fit=680%2C510&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PLAQUE-TCL-Tougaloo-Nine6.jpg?fit=680%2C510&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":205,"url":"https:\/\/www.valsadie.com\/librariesval\/studs-terkel-radio-archive-to-launch\/","url_meta":{"origin":537,"position":1},"title":"Studs Terkel Radio Archive to launch FROM Windy City Times","author":"LibrariesVal","date":"May 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Studs Terkel Radio Archive ( STRA )\u2014consisting of more than 5,600 programs in various genres created at Terkel's hometown fine arts radio station WFMT in Chicago between 1952 and 1997\u2014will become available to the general public on what would have been Terkel's 106th birthday: Wed., May 16. 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