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MLK Library Friends retweeted
Feb 26
Where Metro goes, community grows!
At Congress Heights, Metro is partnering with @dcpl to bring a new 23,000 sq ft library to the station site, strengthening access and supporting growth at St. Elizabeths East.
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
Jun 9
A DC kid who grew up reading comics became a writer for Miles Morales. 🕷️
Meet David Betancourt, the first Puerto Rican and African American writer to contribute to Miles Morales' story, and hear how his love of comics led him from reader to creator.
✍🏾 bit.ly/49MOrpH
ALT Poster for an event titled "Miles Morales and Me: An Afternoon with David Betancourt." It features an individual looking at the viewer, with details of the event as Saturday, June 15, 2 p.m., at Southwest Library. The bottom includes images of Washington, D.C. landmarks and logos for DC Public Library and Comicropolis.
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
Jun 10
💡 Big ideas. Real conversations.
June 13 at MLK & Palisades: a live screening of TED Democracy: Founding Futures—15 new TED Talks on the future of democracy, streaming from Philadelphia ahead of America’s 250th.
Learn more: bit.ly/4x3AMEx
ALT A promotional graphic for a live stream event titled "TED Democracy Live" by the DC Public Library. It features 15 TED Talks about democracy. The event is free and held on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Venues include Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and Palisades Library. Logos of Visit Philadelphia and Pew are present.
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
15 Jun 2025
Join the fight to support the Library of Congress at SaveTheLOC.org
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
14 Jun 2025
Today, let freedom ring.
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
15 Jun 2025
They keep finding out there’s no porn in school libraries and losing lawsuits because what book banners are trying to do is illegal.
“A Minnesota school district is doing away with a book ban, settling a lawsuit that argued the ban was unlawful. “
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
31 May 2025
📣 FREADOM Town Hall Rally
📅 Saturday, May 31 | 🕔 5–7 PM
📍 MLK Library
Join authors, educators, parents & artists — including Kwame Alexander, Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds — as we rally for the freedom to learn, read, and create.
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4jlAdxW
ALT Promotional poster for the Freedom Read Town Hall & Rally at MLK Library in Washington, DC on May 31, 2025. Features names of speakers including Jason Reynolds, Meg Medina, Amanda Jones, Kwame Alexander, and Tracie D. Hall. Includes logos of partnering organizations and details of event streaming on YouTube.
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
29 May 2025
✨Librarians are heroes at the heart of our communities.✨
Find out how some of America's most beloved librarians are improving lives and bringing communities together at ForTheLoveofLibrarians.org.
#ILoveMyLibrarian #LibraryLove #Libraries
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
9 May 2025
During her tenure as our nation’s librarian, Dr. Hayden has upheld the high standards of preserving history, spreading knowledge, and creating innovative programming to inform the millions of visitors the library receives annually. She has been dedicated to ensuring that the Library of Congress and its collections are meticulously maintained and accessible to the public. In this moment, when this administration and others are working to erase and scrub American history and ban books, we need Dr. Hayden’s leadership now more than ever. While I am saddened by this news and call on the Trump administration to reverse this decision, I am confident that Dr. Hayden’s legacy as our Librarian of Congress will endure for generations to come.
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
9 May 2025
I am deeply troubled by the apparent firing of Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress. It’s reported that she was notified through an after-hours email. Nominated by President Barack Obama for this position, she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for a term of ten years in 2016 and has served honorably — through both Democratic and Republican presidencies. She made history as our nation’s first woman and first Black Librarian of Congress.
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
14 May 2025
We are honored to announce poet Galal El-Behairy as the recipient of the 2025 PEN/Barbey #FreedomToWrite Award.
At 27 years old, El-Behairy was jailed in Egypt in 2018 solely for writing song lyrics and poetry that challenged the state. #FreeGalal pen.org/press-release/impris…
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
9 May 2025
Dr. Carla Hayden has served as Librarian of Congress with honor and distinction, bringing our prized institution to new heights.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump. baltimoresun.com/2025/05/08/…
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MLK Library Friends retweeted
29 Apr 2025
Governor Armstrong’s veto of this unconstitutional and unnecessary library censorship bill was upheld by the Senate on Friday, ending a campaign that put libraries, educators, and free expression in the crosshairs.
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