The legacy of Black women in librarianship : when they dared to be powerful /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Other Authors:	Cooke, Nicole A. (Editor), Johnson, Aisha (writer of afterword.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, 2025.
Series:	Critical cultural information studies.
Subjects:	African American librarians > Biography. Librarians > United States > Biography. African Americans and libraries. Minorities in library science > United States > History. Bibliothécaires noirs américains > Biographies. Bibliothécaires > États-Unis > Biographies. Bibliothèques et Noirs américains. Minorités en bibliothéconomie > États-Unis > Histoire. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Prologue: Children at Augusta Baker's feet, poem by Jennifer Bartell Boykin
Augusta Baker : an early advocate for diverse books / Nicole A. Cooke and Michael C. Wisenburg
Ella Baker at the New York Public Library / Courtney Becks
Ethel Bolden / Cynthia Johnson and Cearra Harris
Doris Hargrett Clack : pioneer, activist, and educator / Wendy Moore
Sweet resolve : Mayme A. Clayton's response to the precarity of African American lives and historical materials / Chaitra Powell
Resurgence of a bibliotherapist : exploring the life and times of Sara "Sadie" Marie Peterson Delaney / S. Michele Echols
Eliza Atkins Gleason : researcher, dean, advocate / LaKeshia Darden
Miriam Matthews and the legacy of Black documentation in Los Angeles / Jesse R. Erickson, Laura E. Helton, and Dalena Hunter
Black quiet : continuing the work of activist librarian and community advocate Annie L. McPheeters / Roberta Price Gardner and Morris R. Gardner
Alice Roberts and the breakdown of segregation in northern library schools, 1890-1940 / Anthony Cocciolo
A life of service : Mattie Herd Roland in Birmingham, Alabama / Brooke Becker
A fulfilling legacy of Florida firsts : the pioneering impact of Henrietta Mays Smith / Jason Alston
Exploring six decades of librarianship with Jessie Carney Smith / Jahala Simuel and Bethany McGowan
Gently daring : the story of Anne Bethel Spencer--poet, librarian, gardener, and activist / Shaina V. Anderson
Lucille C. Thomas : championing diversity through library leadership / Taina Evans
Charlemae Hill Rollins : out of one, many / LaVerne Gray
Epilogue: Charlemae Rollins at the Willard School, 1955, poem by Jennifer Bartell Boykin
Afterword: Black women--the resilient force uplifting all, by Aisha M. Johnson.