Since 2001, we’ve celebrated World Refugee Day on June 20. It was established to recognize the fiftieth anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Using the library’s newspaper resources, see if you can find the first nations to sign the treaty in 1951.
Hint: You can use the New York Times with your library card to search old (and current) newspapers. On the site, go to Research, Popular Topics, Newspapers, and then New York Times Historical. Search for the terms: United Nations Refugees sign, set the date range to summer 1951, and see what you can find.
June also brings the Five Points Jazz Festival on June 8, a free, all-day event held annually in Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood. Once known as the Harlem of the West, Five Points had several jazz clubs that featured many jazz legends, such as Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and many more! See if you can find an early, alternate spelling for jazz.
Hint: You can use the Oxford English Dictionary with your library card for word definitions and etymologies. On the site, go to Research, Popular Topics, Dictionaries & Encyclopedias, and then Oxford English Dictionary.
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