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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

We should all be so fortunate to make some necessary trouble, as Congressman Lewis always...

We should all be so fortunate to make some necessary trouble, as Congressman Lewis always says of his civil rights past

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We should all be so fortunate to make some necessary trouble,
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as Congressman Lewis always says
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of his civil rights past.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
02:16:20
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
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,
And then there was the question - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
And then there was the question
As versus where should we be relying on the city, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
As versus where should we be relying on the city,
We have a policy that talks about - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
We have a policy that talks about
And so it would embrace most of this conduct, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And so it would embrace most of this conduct,
I don't know if we want to give more flexibility or less. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I don't know if we want to give more flexibility or...
So if you don't do certain things, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
So if you don't do certain things,
You aren't allowed to just come into the library and sleep. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
You aren't allowed to just come into the library and...
So the barring policy, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So the barring policy,
So that is also part - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So that is also part
I am not an expert at this topic, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
I am not an expert at this topic,
And in the libraries is a place - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And in the libraries is a place