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Workshop to equip educators to teach students about the Holocaust

TROY students view the Americans and the Holocaust exhibit at the Troy Campus Library. The exhibit will be on display until April 20.

TROY students view the Americans and the Holocaust exhibit at the Troy Campus Library. The exhibit will be on display until April 20.

The Troy University Library will present a free teacher workshop on April 12 to better equip educators to teach students about the Holocaust.

Held in conjunction with the library’s visiting exhibit, “Americans and the Holocaust,” the workshop will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Troy Campus Library located in Wallace Hall….

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It Came From the Archives: Tragic train wreck led to a shift in safety procedures on the Atlantic Coast Line tracks

The wreck of the

The wreck of the "Second 180" and "Extra 452" in the Wiregrass led to changes in train management.

On Sept. 24, 1945, at 2:05 p.m., Atlantic Coast Line train “Extra 452 West” from Dothan collided headlong into ACL “Second 180 East,” killing the 452’s engineer, James A. Mangum of Montgomery, and injuring 16 others.

Tom Solomon, a resident of Headland, employee of the ACL, and “well known railroad artist and train enthusiast” owned…

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‘Americans and the Holocaust’ traveling exhibition coming to Troy University Library

The traveling exhibit will be on display in the Troy Campus Library from March 20 to April 24.

The traveling exhibit will be on display in the Troy Campus Library from March 20 to April 24.

Troy University’s Troy Campus Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s.

The touring library exhibition —…

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TROY Libraries update collection with graphic novels for students to enjoy

Students can now enjoy a variety of graphic novels in the Troy Campus Library.

Students can now enjoy a variety of graphic novels in the Troy Campus Library.

The campus library offers MANGA and other graphic novels as the latest form of media for students to check out. 

On the second level of Wallace Hall, students can head to the back of the library and discover shelves of colorful volumes of their favorite manga and comics. The collection caters to several different readers.

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