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A nearly 100-year-old Black history collection finds a new home at the Baldwin Hills Branch Library

The Dorothy Vena Johnson Black History Collection has nearly 2,300 items including books, photos and other rare items from ...
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Before the internet, how the LA Public Library helped readers pick their next novel

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Before the internet made book reviews widely accessible, where would curious minds go to find information about a ...
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Before the internet, how the LA Public Library helped readers pick their next novel

Before the internet made book reviews widely accessible, where would curious minds go to find information about a new novel's subject matter or a plot? If you lived in the Los Angeles area, you could ...