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Judge U.W. Clemon Looks Back - Part 2

Part 2 of an interview with Judge U.W. Clemon, the first African-American federal judge in Alabama.

During this January 26, 2009 interview, Judge Clemon discusses his time on the bench and his role to desegregating the Birmingham Public Library.

Interviewed by James L. Baggett in the Birmingham Public Library Linn-Henley Building.

Recorded by Robert Jones and Richard Manoske

A video excerpt of this interview can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y23IhDBAXZ4

Judge U.W. Clemon Looks Back - Part 1

Part 1 of an interview with Judge U.W. Clemon, the first African-American federal judge in Alabama.

During this January 26, 2009 interview, Judge Clemon discusses his time on the bench and his role to desegregating the Birmingham Public Library.

Interviewed by James L. Baggett in the Birmingham Public Library Linn-Henley Building.

Recorded by Robert Jones and Richard Manoske.

A video excerpt of this interview can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y23IhDBAXZ4.

Tech Tuesday: Digital Photography

This is a Birmingham Public Library Tech Tuesday program on Digital Photography presented on April 22, 2008 @ the Five Points West Library

The presentation covers how to take great shots with your digital camera and take advantage of the benefits offered by going digital with your photography.

Sideshow available at http://www.slideshare.net/BirminghamPublicLIbrary/tech-tuesdays-digital-photography The class handout is available at http://tinyurl.com/5xdtqn

To Kill a Mockingbird: Reflections

Renee Blalock, Associate Director of the Birmingham Public Library, reflects on Harper Lee’s famous depiction of childhood and discusses other memorable parts in the book.

Three Generations of One Family Read To Kill A Mockingbird

Mrs. Lillie M. H. Fincher, Birmingham Public Library Board President, remembers introducing the book to her grandmother in the early 1960s and then her grandaughter forty years later.

Reflections on Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird

Mr. Samuel A. Rumore, Jr., Birmingham Public Library Board member, reflects on his meeting with Harper Lee, her sister, and the possible origin of a name.

To Kill a Mockingbird: A Sin to Kill a Mockingbird

Kelsey Bates, Birmingham Public Library Grants Writer and Assistant Archivist, reads from To Kill a Mockingbird — a sin to kill a mockingbird.

To Kill a Mockingbird: Justice and Equality

Matt Layne, former storyteller at the North Birmingham Library and current Emmet O’Neal Library employee, reads from To Kill a Mockingbird: — Atticus’ famous speech on justice and equality.

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (reviewed by Lynn Carpenter)

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (reviewed by Pam Lyons)

The Return of Buddy Bush by Sheila P. Moses (reviewed by Barbara Sirmans)

I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson (reviewed by Barbara Sirmans)

Jazzy Miz Mozetta by Brenda C. Roberts (reviewed by Felita Yarbrough)

Boomsday by Christopher Buckley (reviewed by Kelly Laney)

Queen of the Scene by Queen Latifah (Reviewed by Felita Yarbrough)

Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell (reviewed by Kelly Laney)

Larry, the King of Rock and Roll by Iris Rainer Dart (reviewed by Lynn Carpenter)

Alabama in the Twentieth Century by Wayne Flynt (reviewed by Yvonne Crumpler)

The United States of Arugula : how we became a gourmet nation by David Kamp (review by Kelsey Bates)

The Road by Cormac McCarthy (reviewed by Kelsey Bates)