So far, the library has collected over 700 photos from residents' donations. "My great grandfather had fought in the Civil War so I did have an original charcoal drawing of him,” Alexandria ...

The city of Alexandria, Virginia, is drawing fire for painting Pride flags ... LGBTQ+ Task Force in partnership with the Alexandria Library, Department of Community and Human Services, and many ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Inside the walls of this Alexandria Library, there is no shortage of stories. But for one woman who was born and raised here, they're more than just stories. "Because I know ...

About six months ago, Alexandria Library Director Rose Dawson decided to begin filling those gaps. The library’s special collections division is a trove of arcana on the history of Alexandria ...

“My granddaddy never talked about it,” Evans-Reed said at an Aug. 19 reception commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Alexandria Library Sit-In. “He only mentioned it once when I was about 1 ...

In A.D. 391, a Christian mob ruined the last remnants of the Library of Alexandria, depicted here in an early 20th-century drawing. To neutralize Hypatia, it seems that Cyril mounted a smear ...

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 ...

On Aug. 21, 1939, the Howard University graduate helped organize a sit-in at the Alexandria Library on Queen Street. Despite passing the Virginia Bar exam without formal education, he couldn't get ...

Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the Library of Alexandria, often described as the world's first major seat of learning. A Polish-Egyptian team has excavated parts of the ...