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Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian

★★★★★
★★★★★

English

By (author): Ethelene Whitmire

The first African American to head a branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL), Regina Andrews led an extraordinary life. Allied with W. E. B. Du Bois, Andrews fought for promotion and equal pay against entrenched sexism and racism and battled institutional restrictions confining African American librarians to only a few neighborhoods within New York City.

Andrews also played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance, supporting writers and intellectuals with dedicated workspace at her 135th Street Branch Library. After hours she cohosted a legendary salon that drew the likes of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. Her work as an actress and playwright helped establish the Harlem Experimental Theater, where she wrote plays about lynching, passing, and the Underground Railroad.

Ethelene Whitmire's new biography offers the first full-length study of Andrews's activism and pioneering work with the NYPL. Whitmire's portrait of her sustained efforts to break down barriers reveals Andrews's legacy and places her within the NYPL's larger history.

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€25.99
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Product Details
  • Weight: 286g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 07 Aug 2015
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780252081309

About Ethelene Whitmire

Ethelene Whitmire is an associate professor of library and information studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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