Subject Libraries as Sanctuaries Description Fairfield’s Mychal Threets is a superstar librarian, who readily professes the importance of childhood literacy, library access, … Continue reading The Coolest Place on Earth: The Public Library
Subject Librarian’s Passion for Diversity Description What students often picture as a study spot or place to gather information, May … Continue reading Exclusive: University Librarian Trevor A Dawes on his career and the future of Morris Library
Subject Black Librarianship History Description CHARLOTTE — A librarian in Charlotte is taking on a mission to tell the untold … Continue reading Charlotte librarian making documentary about Black librarians
Subject The danger of censorship legislation in public libraries Description In this politically fraught era, even libraries have emerged as … Continue reading Austin’s Head Librarian Gets Real About Censorship and Community Building
Subject James Henry Jacobs Jr.; African American Librarian; Berkeley Description He began the Summer Reading Program and pushed to desegregate … Continue reading Remembering James Henry Jacobs Jr., Berkeley’s first African American librarian
Subject Anthony Q. Farrell; Canadian TV; Library Description Anthony Q. Farrell has been around the TV block a few times. … Continue reading Shelved is being called Canada’s Abbott Elementary. Its creator couldn’t be happier
Subject James G. Spady; Pennsylvania Libraries; Archive Description The University of Pennsylvania Libraries is pleased to announce the recent gift … Continue reading University of Pennsylvania Libraries receives archive of writer, historian, and activist James G. Spady
Subject Censorship; Malcolm X; University of Rhode Island; Library Description The University of Rhode Island removed a partial quote by … Continue reading A university removed a partial Malcolm X quote from its library after protestors argued the full quote about ‘battling the white man’ was misrepresented
Subject Library; Virginia; Samuel Wilbert Tucker Description On Aug. 21, 1939, 26-year-old Samuel Wilbert Tucker, an innovative civil rights lawyer, … Continue reading Aug. 21, 1939: Five Black Men Arrested for Going to Publicly Funded Library
Subject Librarians; Children’s Picture Book; Rodney Freeman; Little Rodney The Librarian Description Rodney Freeman is excited to share his second … Continue reading Author Creates Children’s Picture Book to Inspire Black Boys to Become Librarians and Leaders
