It was the fall of 1983, and Lynette Boggs-Perez, then a junior at the University of Notre Dame, accepted a last-minute invitation to join a friend for a trip to Athens for the Georgia-Auburn football game. What began as a spontaneous weekend getaway would ultimately lead to the discovery of long-held family secrets, changing how Boggs-Perez sees herself and her heritage.  A city attorney for Little Rock, Arkansas, Boggs-Perez was born in 1963 in Washington, D.C., and raised as a “military brat”...

As of 2022, there were about 68.6 million people belonging to the baby boom generation in the United States. Those born between 1946 and 1964 currently make up roughly 21 percent of the population. Often characterized as more highly educated, tech-savvy and financially secure than any previous generation, boomers, with gains in longevity, have had profound implications for public institutions — including libraries. With the first wave of baby boomers reaching 65 in 2011, as early as 2006 researchers began to consider the impact that older adults would have on public libraries. With their high expectations for quality products, programs, and services, it became clear that baby boomers will influence the public library system for years to come.

The phrase, “the past is always present,” captures the sentiment that history is our constant companion. Embodying this, five Black women in Athens — Hattie Thomas Whitehead, Freda Scott Giles, Linda Elder Davis, Linda Lloyd and Ovita Thornton—carry their history within them. Their collective past informs their present and plays a pivotal role in solidifying their legacies. They all have made significant contributions to education, activism, cultural preservation, politics, and the ongoing fight

In June 2021, Shundra Seay Massey, a 29-year-old married influencer from Atlanta, started seeing a chiropractor for back pain. A licensed and registered dietician, Shundra had always taken care of herself, through diet and exercise, and thought she had just slept wrong or something. What followed was more pain—excruciating this time—in her stomach and then her back again, tests and more tests, and delay. A delay in her diagnosis of colon cancer. By October 25, Shundra was gone, leaving behind a

Historic antebellum house museums have a particular place in American history. With their house histories and fine furnishings—preserved or restored —these homes have told a specific story, that of the wealthy white homeowners who once lived there. See Photos in Slideshow Below Now these houses are starting to tell a different, more comprehensive story—that of the enslaved Africans who once toiled the land and tended the families. In house museums across the country, there have been efforts to