The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw focuses on the generation of Americans who were born in the 1920s, came of age during the Depression, fought in World War II, and came home to build a new America during the postwar era. The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe The moments of grandeur and weakness, the aspirations, and the problems of America's astronauts are revealed in an exploration of…
Read moreFor the past three years, Milwaukee Public Library staff members have been digitizing the World War One Military Portraits collection. With approximately 32,000 items, including portraits, soldier index cards, and miscellaneous items, this is MPL’s largest digital collection to date. This post will provide some background information about the American War Mothers and how the collection was formed.
Read moreIt’s 1996 and Toni Murphy can’t wait to graduate from high school and get out of town. It’s the usual problems, her parents don’t like her boyfriend, Ryan and her little sister, Nicole has started hanging around with the ‘cool’ kids who love to torment Toni. But then Nicole is killed. Toni and Ryan are imprisoned and found guilty of her murder. Whomever killed Nicole has…
Read moreLast week we told you about the Freedom Summer Exhibit coming to Central Library starting next week and the book talk with Michael Edmonds, editor of Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Reader, on July 12th. MPTV aired an interview with Michael Edmonds on this week's episode of Black Nouveau...
Read moreDon't let our recent series of rainstorms and John Carpenter levels of fog deter you from celebrating the Fourth of July just how our Founding Fathers intended: cooking meat with great fire outdoors [citation needed].
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