‘Life Longs to be Understood’: Letters Reveal Young Obama’s Hopes
“Moments trip gently along over here,” a young Barack Obama writes. Obama, then a college student,...
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Library Obtains Kerouac Letter
A letter that inspired Jack Kerouac to write the American classic “On the Road” has been acquired by Emory University’s Rose Library. The 19-page typed letter was written by Beat author Neal Cassady and sent to Kerouac in 1950,...
Read MoreUniversity Appoints Three New Trustees
Three Emory University alumni — an editor, a clergywoman and a powerful businessman — have been appointed members of Emory’s Board of Trustees, which oversees University policy and exercises fiduciary responsibility. Crystal...
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Rose Library Opens African American Art Exhibit
A multimedia exhibition of African American art titled “Still Raising Hell: The Art, Activism, and...
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Rose Library Obtains Abolitionist Text
“I call upon you therefore to cast your eyes upon the wretchedness of your brethren, and to do...
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