1921 -- Established the Work with Negroes Round Table.
1921 -- Thomas Fountain Blue was the first black to speak on at an ALA Conference, which was held in Detroit.
1936 -- Took a stand against holding segregated conferences.
1943 –- The North Carolina Negro Library Association was given chapter status.
1956 -- First desegregated conference held in the South at Miami Beach, Florida. Charlemae Rollins was the first black to receive the Grolier Foundation Award.
1957 -- The American Library Association selected Charlemae Rollins as the first black president of the Children’s Services Division.
1960 -- Rice Estes questioned the ALA’s position on race and libraries.
1963 – Had study prepared that documented discrimination, both direct and indirect, in library service to Negroes in the United States.
1964 –- Elected Alma Jacobs as the first African American member of the Executive Board of the ALA.
1964 -- E.J. Josey suggested that ALA officers and staff be prohibited from attending meetings that were held by state associations which practice segregation. It led to the integration of the remaining four state associations that refused to extend membership to African Americans.
1965 --A.P. Marshall was appointed the first African American of the ALA to chair the nominating committee.
1966 -- ALA established an ad hoc Committee on Opportunities for Negro Students in the Library Profession, chaired by Virginia Lacy Jones.
1921 -- Thomas Fountain Blue was the first black to speak on at an ALA Conference, which was held in Detroit.
1936 -- Took a stand against holding segregated conferences.
1943 –- The North Carolina Negro Library Association was given chapter status.
1956 -- First desegregated conference held in the South at Miami Beach, Florida. Charlemae Rollins was the first black to receive the Grolier Foundation Award.
1957 -- The American Library Association selected Charlemae Rollins as the first black president of the Children’s Services Division.
1960 -- Rice Estes questioned the ALA’s position on race and libraries.
1963 – Had study prepared that documented discrimination, both direct and indirect, in library service to Negroes in the United States.
1964 –- Elected Alma Jacobs as the first African American member of the Executive Board of the ALA.
1964 -- E.J. Josey suggested that ALA officers and staff be prohibited from attending meetings that were held by state associations which practice segregation. It led to the integration of the remaining four state associations that refused to extend membership to African Americans.
1965 --A.P. Marshall was appointed the first African American of the ALA to chair the nominating committee.
1966 -- ALA established an ad hoc Committee on Opportunities for Negro Students in the Library Profession, chaired by Virginia Lacy Jones.
Educational Organizations and Schools
1897 -- Alexander Crummell organized the American Negro Academy to promote literature, science, and art and to foster higher education.
1903 - The General Education Board was founded to promote education without discrimination, and became a great force for progress in Afro-American education and librarianship.
1908 -- The Department of Records and Research was founded by Monroe Nathan Work at Tuskegee Institute.
1910 – The Louisville Free Public Library organized an apprentice class to provide library training for prospective Southern African American librarians.
1897 -- Alexander Crummell organized the American Negro Academy to promote literature, science, and art and to foster higher education.
1903 - The General Education Board was founded to promote education without discrimination, and became a great force for progress in Afro-American education and librarianship.
1908 -- The Department of Records and Research was founded by Monroe Nathan Work at Tuskegee Institute.
1910 – The Louisville Free Public Library organized an apprentice class to provide library training for prospective Southern African American librarians.
Historical Societies
1897-- Afro-American Historical Society established.
1911 -- The Negro Society for Historical Research was begun.
1897-- Afro-American Historical Society established.
1911 -- The Negro Society for Historical Research was begun.
Philanthropist and Academy
1872 -- Brothers from New York, Arthur and Lewis Tappan, donated over 2,000 anti-slavery writings to Howard University in Washington, D.C.
1910 – James H. Gregory funded a traveling library extension service in Marblehead, Massachusetts, known as Marblehead libraries. The extension services were managed by Atlanta University.
1914 -- Howard University trustee and bibliophile, Jesse Moorland, formed the Moorland Foundation Collection.
1923 -- Sadie Peterson Delaney started the library at Tuskegee Veterans Hospital and initiated her pioneering efforts in the field of bibliotherapy.
1927 – The Carnegie Corporation financed a conference at Hampton Virginia.
Thomas Fountain Blue founded the Negro Library Conference at Hampton Virginia.
1942 -- The Carnegie Corporation financed a Field Service Program to improve African American school libraries in the South; it was directed by Hallie Beacham Brooks of Atlanta University.
1983 – Charles L. Blockson, donated the core collection of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection to Temple University.
Philanthropist and Academy
1872 -- Brothers from New York, Arthur and Lewis Tappan, donated over 2,000 anti-slavery writings to Howard University in Washington, D.C.
1910 – James H. Gregory funded a traveling library extension service in Marblehead, Massachusetts, known as Marblehead libraries. The extension services were managed by Atlanta University.
1914 -- Howard University trustee and bibliophile, Jesse Moorland, formed the Moorland Foundation Collection.
1923 -- Sadie Peterson Delaney started the library at Tuskegee Veterans Hospital and initiated her pioneering efforts in the field of bibliotherapy.
1927 – The Carnegie Corporation financed a conference at Hampton Virginia.
Thomas Fountain Blue founded the Negro Library Conference at Hampton Virginia.
1942 -- The Carnegie Corporation financed a Field Service Program to improve African American school libraries in the South; it was directed by Hallie Beacham Brooks of Atlanta University.
1983 – Charles L. Blockson, donated the core collection of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection to Temple University.
State Associations
1961 -- Albert P. Marshall was elected as the first African-American president of the Missouri Library Association.
John E. Scott served as the first African American president of the West Virginia Library Association.
1964 -- E. J. Josey became the first black librarian given membership in the Georgia Library Association
1961 -- Albert P. Marshall was elected as the first African-American president of the Missouri Library Association.
John E. Scott served as the first African American president of the West Virginia Library Association.
1964 -- E. J. Josey became the first black librarian given membership in the Georgia Library Association