During the month of February, Ralph Brown Draughon Library presented a special exhibit on African Americans in the military. This exhibit was created to honor these veterans, specifically during Black History Month.
The exhibit featured different government documents, pictures and other artifacts that showed the role African Americans played in America’s military history.
African Americans have been members of America’s military since its inception, but their role as servicemen and servicewomen has often been overlooked.
“A lot of African Americans did have a part in
This special exhibit was not the first exhibit put on by RBD, but it was the first exhibit done with the government documents department.
Previous exhibits include collections of children’s books and Auburn football memorabilia, both of which were very popular among the public.
“We’re always looking for a new topic,” said Liza Weisbrod, supervisor of government documents at RBD
RBD is named as a federal depository library allowing it to provide government documents to the public.
“The government publishes thousands of publications each year and they give them to us and we make them available to the public,” Weisbrod said. “That way all of our citizens who have a right to know what the government is doing and what information they
Floyd said the exhibit was well-attended by students and the Auburn community.
Both Floyd and Weisbrod mentioned the success of this exhibit and interest in doing more exhibits featuring different government documents.
“I think we will start doing this every year,” Floyd said.
While many students and Auburn citizens visited this exhibit, Weisbrod said she hopes they can see the contribution of African American’s in the military and in American wars.
This exhibit featured many of the documents RBD is proud to distribute and make available to all American citizens.
“We have a lot of publications,” Weisbrod said. “We probably have over a million government documents here that are both in paper and online.”
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