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Yeah, yeah. It's not totally socially
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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Yeah, yeah. It's not totally socially just for those who can't afford the latest best...

Yeah, yeah. It's not totally socially just for those who can't afford the latest best seller, but it's not like they're not circulating

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Yeah, yeah. It's not totally socially
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just for those who can't afford the latest best seller,
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but it's not like they're not circulating.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
02:52:47
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.
Whereas, I do think - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Whereas, I do think
Tomorrow morning before we open, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Tomorrow morning before we open,
Guys, all, you also have a chair, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Guys, all, you also have a chair,
Let's do that whole table down there, everybody. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Let's do that whole table down there, everybody.
Whose white jackets were these? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Whose white jackets were these?
So please make sure you're taking yours, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So please make sure you're taking yours,
This is here, that's the other one, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
This is here, that's the other one,
Double check if everybody has a sponsor card - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Double check if everybody has a sponsor card
Do this table, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Do this table,
And Anthony Appiah has volunteered - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
And Anthony Appiah has volunteered
Phillis Wheatley became - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Phillis Wheatley became
But she was born in West Africa - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
But she was born in West Africa
She arrived in Boston on the 11th of July 1761 - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
She arrived in Boston on the 11th of July 1761
When the Wheatleys died, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
When the Wheatleys died,
Peters was imprisoned for debt - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Peters was imprisoned for debt
So her poems are her only legacy. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So her poems are her only legacy.
Schomburg has Arthur Schomburg's own copy of an elegiac poem - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Schomburg has Arthur Schomburg's own copy of an elegiac...
And the personal chaplain of Selina Hastings, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And the personal chaplain of Selina Hastings,
Wheatley's Whitefield elegy brought her into national fame, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Wheatley's Whitefield elegy brought her into national...
And her reputation was reinforced - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
And her reputation was reinforced