In ancient world the Library at Alexandria, Egypt was the meeting place where philosophical, spiritual, and cosmological teachings met to create a vital cultural environment. But the Library ...

The Robert Robinson Library closed in 1962, and today, it is the home of the Alexandria Black History Museum. The museum is the first site totally devoted to the city's African-American history.

A powerful new exhibit honors one of the first civil rights sit-in protests in America. In 1939, when the Alexandria Library was only open to white people, Samuel Tucker and five other young Black ...

Explore the historic charm of Alexandria, Egypt, with this stunning drone footage, offering an aerial view of the Mediterranean coast, its ancient landmarks, and the blend of modern and historical ...

Tucker was a 26-year-old Black attorney during the summer of 1939, when he organized an act of peaceful civil disobedience to gain access to what was then known as the Alexandria Library.

Photo contributed William "Buddy" Evans, at left, Otto Tucker, Edward Gaddis, Morris L. Murray and Clarence "Buck" Strange are escorted by police out of the “whites only” Alexandria Library on ...

While Julius Caesar’s troops reportedly destroyed a large portion of the library in 48 B.C., scholars cannot say with any certainty when the Library of Alexandria finally disappeared.