public library

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In 1960, he was arrested with seven other students after a silent demonstration in a whites-only public library, which led to the desegregation of the library.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

She married, had children and for many years worked as a librarian in a public library in upstate New York.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025

Frank calls it the most surprising find of her research — incidentally via Worldcat after months of searching the public library archives.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

It’s a procession of people with nothing in common save the desire to climb the steps and enter this edifice: a public library in the middle of Ohio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Nali drove through Gallup to the main public library, where Nathan checked out a science-fiction trilogy about kids who were drafted by the government to fight an interstellar war against aliens.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young