The Robinson Library building is home to the Alexandria Black History Museum. Mitchell-Powell, a Connecticut native who now lives in Alexandria with her husband, is a credentialed librarian and a ...

It was eight years ago that Alexandria’s LGBTQ+ task force teamed up with Alexandria’s library to host the first Alexandria ...

The 81st anniversary of the Alexandria Library sit-in will be virtual this year, as the Alexandria Black History Museum in Virginia is temporarily closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The library’s special collections division is a trove of arcana on the history of Alexandria and Virginia, with blueprints, manuscript collections and more than 50,000 photographs.

The 1939 Alexandria Library Sit In Opened a New Front in the Civil Rights Movement. Special | 4m 49s. Libraries had not been a big part of the civil rights movement but that changed in Alexandria, VA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Inside the walls of this Alexandria Library, there is no shortage of stories. But for one woman who was born and raised here, they're more than just stories.

On Aug. 21, 1939, the Howard University graduate helped organize a sit-in at the Alexandria Library on Queen Street. Despite passing the Virginia Bar exam without formal education, he couldn't get ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Alexandria Library is hosting a first-of-its-kind event Saturday with a goal of bringing neighborhoods together to help fill gaps in the documented history of Alexandria's ...

Photo contributed William "Buddy" Evans, at left, Otto Tucker, Edward Gaddis, Morris L. Murray and Clarence "Buck" Strange are escorted by police out of the “whites only” Alexandria Library on ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia has provided education to hundreds of young students each year, but did you know the story behind Samuel ...