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Although the history of librarianship as an organized profession dates only as far back as the mid-19th century, the history of libraries is much older, and peo

The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance, and Reawakening is the latest in the powerful line of The Black Librarian in America volumes. While pre

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Although the majority of libraries in the state of Kentucky did not offer services to African Americans between the years 1860 and 1960, public libraries did em