Five men were arrested at the Alexandria Library on Queen Street on Aug. 21, 1939, because they defied the exclusion of black people. (Courtesy Alexandria Black History Museum) The 81st anniversary of ...

The story of Alexandria is a myth—in fact a collection of myths and legends, sometimes competing with each other—to which the popular imagination continues to cling. The idea of a truly universal ...

Exactly 85 years after five Black men were arrested at a Northern Virginia library during a civil rights protest, the Alexandria Library unveiled a new traveling exhibition, detailing the events, ...

They say you should never ask a witness a question you don’t know the answer to, and attorney Samuel Wilbert Tucker certainly knew what the answer should be when he faced two police officers in an ...

The famous library at Alexandria wasn’t burned down with fire — it was destroyed by government mistreatment and neglect. Will today’s great digital libraries ...