'Never Forgotten, Never Repeated': Voices of Civil Rights Are Heard at Library Event

摘要

"Some history should never be forgotten and never repeated," said Librarian of Congress James. H. Billington during a recent event marking the Library's acquisition of the Voices of Civil Rights collection. On March 17 William D. Novelli of AARP and Wade Henderson of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights officially presented the Library with a collection of 4,000 oral histories from the civil rights movement [see related story on page 65]. Taken as a whole, the Voices of Civil Rights collection documents the nation's collective experience during this turbulent period in U.S. history. Moderated by Andrea Roane, television news anchor of WUSA, Channel 9 in Washington, the event included videotaped congratulatory messages from Bishop Desmond Tutu and former South African president Nelson Mandela. Both leaders noted the parallels between their fight for human rights and the struggle for racial equality in the U.S.