Category: Fondren Library

Discussing Racism With Children (by Age Group)

In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times about racism, the author Ibram X. Kendi discussed the need to talk about racism with children: “When children ask a racial question and we don’t want to talk about it, the message is that race and racism should not be talked about. White parents especially don’t…Continue Reading Discussing Racism With Children (by Age Group)

Modern Masters Tapestries in Fondren

Blue Tapestry on brown wall

The Modern Masters Tapestries series, which hung in the DeGolyer Library Reading Room before Fondren’s completed renovation in 2016, is now on view in Fondren’s Collaborative Commons and other areas of the library.   A Bit of History about Tapestries During the Middle Ages through the Renaissance (14th to 16th centuries), tapestries became commonplace in…Continue Reading Modern Masters Tapestries in Fondren