Libraries had not been a big part of the civil rights movement but that changed in Alexandria, VA. On the morning of August 21, 1939 five young African American men entered the segregated public ...

Films from local, national and international filmmakers will play during the next Alexandria Film Festival at multiple locations.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Library of Virginia will host a free screening of a documentary film from the “Historic Homes of Virginia” series in early October. The free screening will be held from noon ...

Introduction : Alexandria in history and myth / Roy MacLeod -- Pt. 1. Alexandria in history and myth. Ch. 1. Before Alexandria : libraries in the Ancient Near East / D. T. Potts ; Ch. 2. Alexandria : ...