Renovated Cossitt Library reopens Tuesday
This large mural at the renovated Cossitt Library shows the civil rights attorneys who represented students arrested in 1960 for library sit-ins. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The long wait ends with more than 10,000 books, an upstairs performance space, digital studios for podcasts and a cafe.
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