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Research Strategies: Finding African American History Materials at the ALA Archives

Posted on by Salvatore De Sando

February is African American history month and we at the ALA Archives want to help you optimize your research into African American and African history. In this month’s blog post, we’ll take a tour through ALA Archives holdings and we’ll use multiple strategies for finding information.

Read on to learn more about locating African American history materials at an archives!


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Action, Not Reaction: Integrating the Library Profession

Posted on by Denise Rayman
Original caption: "LOS ANGELES, October, 1949 - Elementary school pupils William Bias, Elizabeth Coggins and Jerry Sekido think it's pretty interesting to watch Nellie Greene charge out their library books with the new Recordak charger on the Children's Traveling Branch, operated by the Los Angeles Public Library."
Original caption: “LOS ANGELES, October, 1949 – Elementary school pupils William Bias, Elizabeth Coggins and Jerry Sekido think it’s pretty interesting to watch Nellie Greene charge out their library books with the new Recordak charger on the Children’s Traveling Branch, operated by the Los Angeles Public Library.”

In the midst of the Civil Rights era in America, librarians were battling for and against segregated libraries in the South, however they were also battling over integration within their own ranks. Integration of the library profession was a long process that started in the early 20th century.  Continue reading “Action, Not Reaction: Integrating the Library Profession” →