Connect Volume 19 • Issue 1 • Spring 2012
News from Omaha Public Library • OPL Foundation • Friends of OPL Page
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Director’s Note Go Green
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Michael Phipps Gallery Business Resources
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Makin’ Tracks KidSpot & TeenSpace
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Friends of OPL OPL Foundation
Understanding the Past Nebraska has played a pivotal role in the evolution of American civil rights. All are invited to explore the rich history of how the state contributed to landmark legal cases, as well as struggles for inclusion across various groups. Throughout March, Omaha Public Library (OPL) will host the “We the People: The Nebraska Viewpoint” exhibit at W. Dale Clark Main Library, Michael Phipps Gallery. The exhibit explores who “we” are in Nebraska and what role the state played in the evolving notion of who is protected under the United States Constitution. The multi-paneled exhibit discusses civil rights and liberties and helps us to better understand the past so we can look to the future. This exhibit coincides with The Nebraska Center for the Book’s One Book One Nebraska program. OPL will host a series of events and book discussions on “I Am A Man: Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice,” by Joe Starita. The book chronicles the 1877 removal of Chief Standing Bear’s Ponca Indian tribe from their Nebraska homeland and into what was then known as Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in what became the tribe’s own Trail of Tears. “I Am a Man” chronicles what happened when Standing Bear set off on a 600-mile walk to return the body of his only son to their traditional burial ground. Along the way, it examines the complex relationship between the United States government and the small, peaceful tribe and the legal consequences of land swaps and broken treaties, while never losing sight of the heartbreaking journey the Ponca endured.
One Book One Nebraska Saturdays | 2 pm | W. Dale Clark Main Library
We the People: The Nebraska Viewpoint
March 10 | Movie: “Standing Bear’s Footsteps” March 17 | Behind the Book March 31 | Book Discussion
Women’s History Month celebration
Book Club Kits are available—contact April at 402.444.4828.
One Book One Nebraska is sponsored by a coalition of organizations including the Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska Humanities Council, Nebraska Library Association and Nebraska Library Commission. More information is available at onebook.nebraska.gov.
Judge Laurie Smith Camp presents “Women & Civil Liberties”
Sun | March 25 | 2:30 pm | W. Dale Clark Main Library
“We the People: The Nebraska Viewpoint” was produced by the Nebraska State Historical Society with support from the Nebraska Humanities Council, the Woods Charitable Fund, Inc. and the Cooper Foundation via the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation. Funding for the exhibition tour and related programming is provided in part by the Nebraska Humanities Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.