Library Announcements

• Join us for a new event series: Classical Pages & the Silver Screen Review! We will explore classic books and the movies inspired by them. Our next book and movie will be Pride & Prejudice. This free class will take place from 5:30 - 7:30 PM Thursday, February 13th, and Thursday, March 13th. More info and registration.

• Join us for our next Paint Night on February 20th! This monthly art program is free and open to the community. All supplies will be provided, as well as drinks and snacks! More info and registration.

• Interested in poetry? Come to Coffee, Tea, & Poetry -- a free club that will meet in the library on the fourth Tuesday of every month. Read and share poetry from the local community in a safe and judgement-free environment. First meeting is on February 25th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.. More info and registration. (All full? Join the waitlist!)



• Access to most RHEC Library electronic resources is now available off-campus! All you need to do is enter your RHEC Library Card number to gain access to resources and databases at home or on the go. Check out the list of all our electronic resources to get started!

Academic Video Online is a comprehensive database of more than 70,000 videos, covering such subjects as anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.

Content includes full-length movies, documentaries, television episodes, mini-series, news segments, and interviews. Featured providers include BBC, PBS, CNN, and Sony Picture Classics.

Want a personal recommendation? Check out the movie Wicked Little Letters starring Olivia Colman. It's wickedly funny.

Recommendations from the list:

Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History

In Scattered and Fugitive Things, Laura E. Helton explores the work of African American bibliophiles, archivists, and librarians in the 19th and 20th centuries to preserve Black history. Of particular interest to Roanokers will be the book's third chapter, which shares the story of Virginia Y. Lee, head librarian of the Gainsboro Branch Public Library from 1928-1971. Lee is a local legend for building, displaying, and preserving a collection of Black history materials in defiance of Roanoke City officials.

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of American's Great Migration

In this beautifully written and epic work, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson examines the Great Migration of African Americans during the period from World War I to the 1970s. Wilkerson interviewed more than 1,000 people for this sweeping history, focusing on African Americans living in the south who uprooted their lives to move to northern, midwestern, and western states in search of a better life.

A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History

In A More Beautiful and Terrible History, Jeanne Theoharis examines the accepted narrative of the civil rights movement to reveal the myths and fables that diminish its scope, revealing the diversity of the activists and the immense barriers and repression they faced.

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