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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

So, you do have a place where you can spend the rest of your life and sending your...

So, you do have a place where you can spend the rest of your life and sending your children there for the rest of their lives to learn the truth, and the truth is complicated, but you certainly can draw upon the collective wisdom of people who have thought deeply and paid very close attention to the historical record to correct the mythologies and lies about people of African descent in this country

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So, you do have a place
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where you can spend the rest of your life
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and sending your children there for the rest of their lives
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to learn the truth, and the truth is complicated,
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but you certainly can draw upon the collective wisdom
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of people who have thought deeply
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and paid very close attention to the historical record
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to correct the mythologies and lies
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about people of African descent in this country.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
03:19:01
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.
So we know that, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So we know that,
The black woman makes 62 cents on the dollar - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
The black woman makes 62 cents on the dollar
So are you supposed to walk into the marketplace - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
So are you supposed to walk into the marketplace
And I'm not sure where that came from - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
And I'm not sure where that came from
But if we don't teach our kids at an earlier date - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
But if we don't teach our kids at an earlier date
But I fell in love with this man - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
But I fell in love with this man
Tschirnhaus thinks that it's possible - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
Tschirnhaus thinks that it's possible
These objects can train - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
These objects can train
Because they exhibit - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Because they exhibit
In fact, I realize, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
In fact, I realize,
As you walk down the street - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:23
As you walk down the street
You move through the series of actions - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
You move through the series of actions
And above all, he's interested, he writes, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
And above all, he's interested, he writes,
How something comes into being is critical. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
How something comes into being is critical.
And when I read this, my heart swells. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And when I read this, my heart swells.
This is my rubric, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
This is my rubric,
Tschirnhaus is describing with a passionate lucidity - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
Tschirnhaus is describing with a passionate lucidity
Primo Levi, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
Primo Levi,
Necessary, symmetrical, suited to purpose, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
Necessary, symmetrical, suited to purpose,
Be very, very careful when you describe - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
Be very, very careful when you describe