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| | African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship |
 | | Displaying more than 240 items, including books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings, this is the largest fl history exhibit ever held at the Library, and the first exhibition of any kind to feature presentations in all three of the Library's buildings. |
 | | The major presentation in the Jefferson Building, The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, explores fl America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century. |
 | | The Library's materials, gathered over the two hundred years of its existence, tell the story of the African American experience through nine chronological periods that document the courage and determination of fls, faced with adverse circumstances, who overcame immense odds to fully participate in all aspects of American society. |
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