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Libraries for African Americans were established in the United States.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Many libraries were segregated until after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education
.
History
Tuskegee Institute. In 1926 the Schomburg Center is established in New York City with the collection of historian Arturo Alfonso Schomburg's collection of materials. In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education
decision renders "separate but equal" unconstitutional.
Dorothy Porter Wesley wrote bibliographies of African American literature at Howard University. Carla Hayden became a Librarian of Congress.[2]
Libraries
Libraries in the United States with collections and research materials related to the history of African Americans include;
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Library[3]
- African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Washington Park, Florida
- Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library in Denver, Colorado's Five Points neighborhood
- Amistad Research Center
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History in Atlanta, Georgia
- African American Library at the Gregory School[4]
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture[5]
- Moorland–Spingarn Research Center
- North Greenwood Library in the North Greenwood neighborhood of Clearwater, Florida
- Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida
- Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Public Library in Tampa, Florida[6]
- African American Cultural Resource Center at Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library[7]
- Black Resource Center at Los Angeles County Library at the A C Bilbrew Library in Los Angeles[8]
- Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature at the Chicago Public Library's Woodson Regional Library[9]
- Louisville Western Branch Library in Louisville, Kentucky[10]
- African American Museum and Library at Oakland in Oakland, California[11]
Further reading
- African‐Americans and U.S. Libraries: History by Cheryl Knott Malone
References
- ^ Wheeler, Maurice; Johnson-Houston, Debbie; Walker, Billie E. (2004). "A Brief History of Library Service to African Americans". American Libraries. 35 (2): 42–45.
- ^ "Black Leaders in Library History – Fordham Library News".
- ^ "The National Museum of African American History and Culture Library | National Museum of African American History and Culture".
- ^ "The African American Library at the Gregory School | Things To Do in Houston, TX". Visit Houston.
- ^ "About the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture". The New York Public Library.
- ^ "African American Resources | HCPLC". hcplc.org.
- ^ "Our History". Betty J. Johnson.
- ^ "LA County Library". LA County Library.
- ^ "Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection". www.chipublib.org.
- ^ "African American History Archives | Louisville Free Public Library". www.lfpl.org.
- ^ "African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO)". oaklandlibrary.org.