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<p>“The simple act of walking through a schoolhouse door that had been barred to me, and all people of my color, by the governor of this state - that simple act represented an end to legal segregation in the American South.”</p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 11 June 1963, Vivian Malone defies the Governor of Alabama to become the first Black female student at the University of Alabama.</p><p><a href="/tags/womeninhistory/" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistory/" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>

<p>Register to join the Law Library of Congress on Tuesday 10 March 2026 at 1 p.m. EDT for “Navigating the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.” </p><p>This presentation will answer questions including:<br> What can I find in the Serial Set?<br> How do I locate Serial Set materials? </p><p>This webinar will also include live demonstrations and recommendations on when and how to consult print indexes, finding aids, and free online resources to find these materials. </p><p><a href="/tags/congressionalserialset/" rel="tag">#CongressionalSerialSet</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/geneadons/" rel="tag">#Geneadons</a> <br><a href="/tags/genealogy/" rel="tag">#Genealogy</a> <a href="/tags/familyhistory/" rel="tag">#FamilyHistory</a> <br><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@genealogy" rel="nofollow">@genealogy</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2026/02/join-us-on-3-10-for-our-lunch-and-learn-webinar-navigating-the-u-s-congressional-serial-set/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/law/2026/02/join-us-on-3-10-for-our-lunch-and-learn-webinar-navigating-the-u-s-congressional-serial-set/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/law/2026/02/join</span><span class="invisible">-us-on-3-10-for-our-lunch-and-learn-webinar-navigating-the-u-s-congressional-serial-set/</span></a></p>

<p>New lecture video &quot;Black Georgians, Spanish Florida, and the Seminole&quot; freely available at the Georgia Archives YouTube page; you can access this from the Archives&#x27; homepage. </p><p>From the beginning of the Revolutionary War to the eve of the First Seminole War in 1817, hundreds of people of color in Georgia and, to a lesser extent, South Carolina crossed the borders and boundaries separating the Lowcountry from Spanish coastal Florida and from the Seminole. This counter-narrative in American history is a potent reminder of the strength of Black resistance in the post-Revolutionary South and of this community’s ability to shape the balance of power in a contested region.</p><p>Dr. Paul Pressly is the author of &quot;&quot;A Southern Underground Railroad: Black Georgians, Spanish Florida, and Indian Country&quot; from the University of Georgia Press. </p><p><a href="/tags/spanishflorida/" rel="tag">#SpanishFlorida</a> <a href="/tags/seminole/" rel="tag">#Seminole</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/peopleofcolor/" rel="tag">#PeopleOfColor</a> <a href="/tags/undergroundrailroad/" rel="tag">#UndergroundRailroad</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://georgiaarchives.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>georgiaarchives.org/</a></p>