Trailer | Free For All: The Public Library
Preview: Season 26 Episode 16 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The story of how public libraries came to be free and open for all Americans—and remain so.
Free For All: The Public Library tells the story of how a simple idea shaped a nation and the quiet revolutionaries who made it happen. From pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's librarians who service the public despite working in a contentious age of closures. Free for All shows how libraries have always been a sanctuary for generations of Americans.
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Trailer | Free For All: The Public Library
Preview: Season 26 Episode 16 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Free For All: The Public Library tells the story of how a simple idea shaped a nation and the quiet revolutionaries who made it happen. From pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's librarians who service the public despite working in a contentious age of closures. Free for All shows how libraries have always been a sanctuary for generations of Americans.
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