Michael McGrorty writes: “The American Library Association announced this week that it has declared October 2003 Bleak History Month, in commemoration of dismal events that might otherwise be forgotten throughout the calendar year.
Libraries are encouraged to visit the ALA site to download posters, pamphlets and other educational materials on this year’s Bleak History selections: The Great Depression, the Holocaust and the influenza pandemic of 1918. Collectible stickers depicting the Kennedy assasination and the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby will be offered as well.
The official proclamation of Bleak History Month reads in part…
Michael McGrorty writes: “The American Library Association announced this week that it has declared October 2003 Bleak History Month, in commemoration of dismal events that might otherwise be forgotten throughout the calendar year.
Libraries are encouraged to visit the ALA site to download posters, pamphlets and other educational materials on this year’s Bleak History selections: The Great Depression, the Holocaust and the influenza pandemic of 1918. Collectible stickers depicting the Kennedy assasination and the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby will be offered as well.
The official proclamation of Bleak History Month reads in part…Whereas, libraries are important engines in the transmission of historical and cultural information, it is only right that the library take a lead role in educating the public about the persistence of disaster, evil and ruin. So much of the work of the library has been connected with pleasure and uplift, it is only proper that we address this imbalance and present a fair case for despair and unpleasantness.”
The official logo for Bleak History Month will be a stylized Grim Reaper resting upon a stack of books while gazing into a computer whose screen will depict a grinning skull, which likeness can easily be altered to resemble any state, federal or local elected official.”
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