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ALT In a booth on the third floor of the library, a student is getting help from the head librarian with a music-related topic. The student is smiling.
ALT Text says: "Closed September 2nd to September 4th. Happy Labor Day! See you on Tuesday." Accompanying images are of a female dancer, a songstress, and female DJ and a female song composer.
ALT Image is of a purple boom box radio in front of a rainbow background with the text that says, "Happy Birthday Hip-Hop."
ALT "She Was Nice to Mice" read by author Ally Sheedy; "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson (read by Maureen Stapleton); "A Raisin in the Sun" by playwright Lorraine Hansberry (with most of original cast and original director); "Poetry and Voice of Margaret Atwood" read by author; "Norby: The Mixed-Up Robot" by Janet and Isaac Asimov (read by Mark Hamill); "Dylan Thomas Reading A Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems" read by author; "Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (read by Glenn Close); and "The Life I Sing About" read by author Mahalia Jackson.
ALT Black and white photos of James Baldwin speaking at BGSU, LP of Baldwin's The Struggle which has drawn profiles of him on the cover, and a rare copy of Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name (from the CAC), which has yellow, orange, grey, and black and white stripes.
ALT Image of Jerome Library in snow with words: "University Library is closed Friday December 23, 2022. This building will reopen January 3, 2023 at 8 am.
ALT The New Abnormal Album by the Strokes has the title and band name in white on clear plastic cover. The paper design underneath looks like spray painted images in black, yellow, red, and blue. The album cover of Moor Mother’s Black Encyclopedia of Air has a miniature diorama encrusted in black in a maroon velvet case. The inner image of Sharon Van Etten’s We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong album has raindrops and leaf debris over an sunset-colored image of her. In Bon Jovi’s 2020 album there is a black and white image of him in front of the New York City skyline. The band Lovebites has a photo of them inside a church with all the members dressed in white.
ALT Clockwise from left to right: The Frivolous Five with Sour Cream & Other Delights has five white women covered in cream and one is wearing a rose; Pat Cooper with Spaghetti Sauce & Other Delights has a white man with black glasses wearing spaghetti and holding breadsticks; Sweet Cream & Other Delights has a black woman wearing cream and holding a rose; Herb Albert's Tijuana Brass with Whipped Cream & Other Delights has a white woman wearing cream and holding a rose; and Soul Asylum with Clam Dip & Other Delights has a white man holding red flowers and wearing a dip with a fish and other seafood sticking out of it.
ALT Text: Redbone *First Native American Rock Band *Swamp Rock *Indian Cajun Rock. The cover of the Already Here has an old Native American man in cultural clothing with faces of the Redbone band members flanking him. Redbone Wovoka album has a red background and stylized design. The Redbone Potlatch album has the profile photos of the band members in Native American dress. The Redbone self-titled album has a red bone with a white feather attached to her. Redbone's Message from a Drum has an old-fashioned illustration of Native Americans gathering.
ALT Cover of Aquarela do Brasil has a green frame with Gal Costa in the middle. There is a large golden bow on one side of her curly shoulder-length hair and she is wearing a one-shouldered gold dress.