Rioghan Kirchner
Thomas ; Brooklynology Editorial Staff
We at the Brooklyn Collection are very sad to announce the passing of a great friend to the library, Rioghan Kirchner. Visitors to the collection may recall seeing Rioghan at her volunteer post in our reserve room, where she spent every Tuesday afternoon indexing the Black News newsletter (a resource that she donated) with her faithful dachsund Teddy waiting patiently at her feet. Her warmth and humor will be missed by all who knew her. In addition to her work with us in preserving the history of the civil rights movement in Brooklyn, Rioghan was herself an activist in that…