This clip explains the founding of the Encyclopedia Britannica by a team of Scottish people. They developed different branches of knowledge and created a society to fund it. This paved the way for modern knowledge organization and publishing, with different editions.
This clip describes that, even though technology is innovative, it's important to make use of the public space of libraries. It also talks about Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy towards libraries.
Mr. Tolson recites "I, Too" from Langston Hughes and a poem from Gwendolyn Bennett to set the scene for introducing new voices of a revolution in Harlem.