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During the 1970 Midwinter meeting, a Black Caucus was formed to meet the unmet needs of the African American library professionals with Josey as the chairman. [5] [2] [6] The Black Caucus was not officially affiliated with the ALA until 1992; the first National Conference of African American Librarians (NCAAL) was also held in 1992. [7]
In 1921, the library hosted the first exhibition of African-American art in Harlem; it became an annual event. [11] The library became a focal point to the burgeoning Harlem Renaissance . [ 7 ] In 1923, the 135th Street branch was the only branch in New York City employing Negroes as librarians, [ 12 ] and consequently when Regina M. Anderson ...
At that time, the Auburn Avenue Research Library and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City were the only two research libraries in African-American culture in the nation. Morrison, however, was determined to "build a library in the African-American area, with county funds." [4]
The conferences are usually dubbed; the n th AfLIA Conference and the n th African Library Summit and often held between May – July in member countries in an alternating fashion. The most recent conference was the 3rd AfLIA Conference and 5th African Library Summit, was held from 21–24 May 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. [31]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 08: (L-R) Michelle Miller and Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League, speak onstage during the National Urban League’s 67th Equal Opportunity ...
The fastest library growth happened in urban cities such as Atlanta while rural towns, particularly in the American South, were slower to add Black libraries. [1] Andrew Carnegie and the Works Progress Administration helped establish libraries for African Americans, including at historically Black college and university campuses. [ 1 ]
Director of the New York State Library, 1908-1938. [23] Theresa West Elmendorf: 1911–1912: American Library Association's first woman president. President of the New York Library Association 1903–1904. Henry Eduard Legler: 1912–1913: Secretary, Wisconsin Library Commission, 1904-1909. Librarian, Chicago Public Library, 1909-1917.
Tracie D. Hall (born 1968) [1] is an American librarian, author, curator, and advocate for the arts who served as the executive director of the American Library Association from 2020 to 2023. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Hall is the first African American woman to lead the association since its founding in 1876.