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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

People who are talented, creative, and passionate about the Schomburg

People who are talented, creative, and passionate about the Schomburg

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People who are talented, creative, and passionate
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about the Schomburg.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
02:14:20
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
People whose words make the world kinder and gentler. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
People whose words make the world kinder and gentler.
What I took for granted is the importance - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
What I took for granted is the importance
Of what our curators, archivists, librarians, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
Of what our curators, archivists, librarians,
We do mind building, soul affirming, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
We do mind building, soul affirming,
Toni Morrison once said in this building, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Toni Morrison once said in this building,
Maya Angelou sat on the Langston Hughes Stage - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
Maya Angelou sat on the Langston Hughes Stage
I've seen the light bulbs turn on - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I've seen the light bulbs turn on
I've listened to the octogenarian volunteer - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
I've listened to the octogenarian volunteer
I've greeted hundreds of academics - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
I've greeted hundreds of academics
There is nothing in the world more powerful - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:29
There is nothing in the world more powerful
We should all be so fortunate to make some necessary trouble, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
We should all be so fortunate to make some necessary...
And to have that trouble preserved - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
And to have that trouble preserved
It isn't an accident - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
It isn't an accident
Or that civil rights researchers turned to our collections - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
Or that civil rights researchers turned to our collections
Their intention and our mission - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Their intention and our mission
And through national partnerships - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And through national partnerships
Here we go, we're going to go, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:39
Here we go, we're going to go,
Everyone recognizes the problem seems to be increasing. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Everyone recognizes the problem seems to be increasing.
Everyone recognizes that the library has a responsibility - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
Everyone recognizes that the library has a responsibility
And so lines have to be drawn about, you know, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
And so lines have to be drawn about, you know,