“There is a great river and it flows through this land, and we have named it History.” -Ursula K. Le Guin Dig into the past […]
Groundbreaking History: From The Recent Past
Unpacking Our History Lecture – Eugenics After Slavery
Eugenicists’ study of mixed race people with Black and white ancestry did not emerge in a vacuum. Slavery not only gave rise to myths about […]
Butterflies at the Library
If you visit our Coventry Village Branch, you’ll get more than your standard library services at this time of year. Our reference desks are staffed […]
Slavery and Disability with Jenifer Barclay
Professor Jenifer Barclay discusses how disability and ablism helped shape American ideas of slavery, black bodies, and the medical practice. She explains how the antebellum […]
Tech Tales
Children of all ages are facing a whole new world of technology. If you’re looking for stories that feature contemplative, humorous, or critical approaches to […]
Immigration as Racial Exclusion with Reece Jones
Professor Reece Jones discusses his book, White Borders. Tracing the connections between the Chinese Exclusion laws of the 1880s, the “Keep America American” nativism of […]
All Lives Matter Racism with Professor Sang Hea Kil
Professor Sang Kil talks about how “all lives matter” (ALM) has advanced Whiteness in the news. Using critical race theory’s critique of neoliberalism’s use of […]
LGBTQ+ Rights with Joanna Wuest
Joanna Wuest discusses her book, Born This Way: Science, Citizenship, and Inequality in the American LGBTQ+ Movement. How did LGBTQ+ civil rights leaders address moral, […]
Library preps for urban mini-forest at Coventry PEACE Park
Beginning this fall, Heights Libraries will partner with Heights Tree People to build a mini-forest behind the Coventry PEACE Building. The Heights Libraries Urban Mini-Forest […]
YA Psychological Thriller with a twist!
Have you ever thought about what a crossover between Criminal Minds and Silence of the Lambs, but with teenage protagonists, would look like? Well, look […]
