All library locations are closed Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day.
The Main Library's Grand Reading Room and Nonfiction Section seating area are closed May 15–22 for refurbishment.
Donelson Branch Library's present location permanently closes at end-of-business Saturday, June 1. Please join us to celebrate the new facility's opening on Monday, June 24! Get details here.
Edgehill branch will close at 2:00 PM on May 21 for maintenance.
The slave narrative; an American genre, by A. Bontemps.
The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, written by himself.
The fugitive blacksmith; or, Events in the history of James W. C. Pennington, pastor of a Presbyterian church, New York, formerly a slave in the State of Maryland.
Running a thousand miles for freedom; or, The escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery.