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Emma Lazarus: Voice of Liberty,
Voice of Conscience
.....developed by Nextbook, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Jewish literature, culture, and ideas, and the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The national tour of the exhibit has been made possible by grants from the Charles H. Revson Foundation, the Righteous Persons Foundation, the David Berg Foundation, and an anonymous donor, with additional support from Tablet Magazine: A New Read on Jewish Life.
This programming & presentations occurred in Fall 2011, at the IU East Campus Library, Richmond, IN.
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Voice of Liberty, Voice of Conscience
Emma Lazarus: Voice of Liberty, Voice of Conscience,
an Exhibit at the IU East Campus Library.
"Emma Lazarus was a fourth-generation American from a prominent Jewish family in New York City, a poet, critic, advocate for the poor, early feminist, and champion of immigrants and refugees. This exhibit, curated by Lazarus biographer Esther Schor, Princeton University, traces Lazarus’s life, intellectual development, work, and lasting influence, and reminds us of the iconic words of her poem, “The New Colossus,” engraved on a plaque now located in the Statue of Liberty Museum: "Give me your tired, your poor,/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” In Schor’s words, “She showed America how to become more generous, more noble, and more just. Her passion for justice lives on whenever we Americans dedicate ourselves to welcoming immigrants, training and educating the poor, and celebrating diversity.”
(From http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/ppo/programming/nextbook/index.cfm
(From http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/ppo/programming/nextbook/index.cfm
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