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The story of how a simple idea shaped a nation, and the quiet revolutionaries who made it happen. Libraries and Librarians have always stood for the public good and universal access to knowledge. This idea shaped America, and now there are fights within our country about continuing to provide access to all information for all people. Northwest Georgia has always had a strong library system, from the early 1900's Carnegie libraries to the Sara Hightower Regional Library today. Someone that has been virtually erased from the history books is Annie McPheeters, a granddaughter of slaves that was born in what is now Shannon, Floyd County. McPheeters was barred from entering the segregated Carnegie Library when it opened in Rome in 1911 but went on to be the first black head librarian in Atlanta.
Hear her story during the film and afterwards during a Q&A with a representative from the Sara Hightower Library and Leanne Cook, executive director of the Rome International Film Festival and President of the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation. If the weather is good the Q&A will be held in the beautiful library garden.
Our sincere thanks to Georgia Power, Indie Lens Pop-Up, Georgia Public Broadcasting, PBS and the National Corporation for Public Broadcasting. And who can forget Rome's own audio-visual titans, Ready or Not? Or the wonderful Rome branch of the Sarah Hightower Regional Library System. It takes a village!
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Sara Hightower Library, 615 W 1st St, Rome, GA 30161-3036, United States,Rome, Georgia
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