jessamyn: The NC Negro Library Association (est. 1934) was the first black library assoc. chapter in ALA. NCLA was for white librarians. When ALA moved to only allow one library assoc. chapter per state, NCLA admitted black members in 1954 scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/librari... #BlackHistoryMonth

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The NC Negro Library Association (est. 1934) was the first black library assoc. chapter in ALA. NCLA was for white librarians. When ALA moved to only allow one library assoc. chapter per state, NCLA admitted black members in 1954 scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/librari... #BlackHistoryMonth
“Any Ideas?”: The American Library Association and the Desegregation of Public Libraries in the American South

ABSTRACT. Sad fact: For the most of the twentieth century, the American Library Association (ala) chose to look past the issue of racially segregated public libraries in the South rather than confront...

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jessamyn librarian.bsky.social · Feb 2
Black librarian Rice Estes "no library assoc. seems willing to do anything about the most pressing issue the nation faces today, the integration/education of our Negro citizen... librarians are piously declaring that they will not become involved in local problems. The term ‘local’ is never defined"

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