The African American Struggle for Library Equality
In recent years, the idealized version of libraries being spaces of neutrality has been debunked as our nation has experienced historical events that challenge the ways in which libraries document and preserve their communities’ history. The history of libraries has always been fraught with inequality and exclusion and in Dr. Aisha M. Johnson-Jones recent book, The African American Struggle for Library Equality, she shares the little known history of Julius Rosenwald Library Program which hoped to mitigate the impact of library practices that discriminated against blacks. Please join the African American Research Library and Cultural Center for April’s installment of Cultural Conversations at the Center, where Dr. Johnson-Jones illuminates this little known history of the Julius Rosenwald Library Program which funded library science programs that trained African American librarians.
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Mon, Apr 15 | 10:00PM to 8:00PM |
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