Photographs and Slides, 1976-1999

 
Scope and content:

The Photographs and Slides series contains images of Library-In-Action (LIA), the Sistrunk Historical Festival, and neighborhoods in Broward County. Photographs in color and black and white display Library-In-Action programs, libraries, Tyrone Bryant and LIA staff, Rock Island Library opening (1980), the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dedication on Sistrunk Boulevard (January 15, 1982), and the Sistrunk Historical Festival in Fort Lauderdale (1983-1984). 35mm slides depict LIA programs, LIA canvassing in neighborhoods, Collier City Library groundbreaking (February 1979), "Roots" with Alex Haley, library buildings, Collier City, Sistrunk and Plantation communities, Sistrunk Park, the Pan African Book Festival at Provident Park, and the Sistrunk Historical Festival (1980). The Slides sub-series includes 1,764 slides.

This series is organized into two sub-series and arranged alphabetically within: Photographs and Slides.

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Access and use

Parent restrictions:
The Library-In-Action Collection is open for research.
Location of this collection:
African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Broward County Library
2650 Sistrunk Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale
FL
33311
USA