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Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance librarian / Ethelene Whitmire.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitmire, Ethelene, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Andrews, Regina.
- New York Public Library. 135th Street Branch.
- Library directors--United States--Biography.
- Library directors.
- African American women librarians--United States--Biography.
- African American women librarians.
- New York Public Library. 135th Street Branch--Biography.
- New York Public Library.
- Harlem Renaissance.
- African American theater.
- History.
- African Americans.
- Intellectual life.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
- African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Intellectual life.
- African American theater--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Discrimination in employment.
- African Americans--Intellectual life.
- New York (State)--New York.
- New York (State)--New York--Harlem.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 147 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- "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, she fought for promotion and equal pay against entrenched sexism and racism. 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 established the Harlem Experimental Theater. Ethelene Whitmire's new biography offers the first full-length portrait of Andrews' activism, engagement with the arts of the Harlem Renaissance, and work with the NYPL"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chicago : the beginning
- Normal, Illinois, Chicago, Wilberforce and Chicago Public Library
- Harlem Renaissance women and 580 St. Nicholas Avenue
- Marriage
- The Harlem Experimental Theatre
- The New York Public Library
- International flights
- Mahopac, New York : endings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards - Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation, Winner, 2015
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hiram G. Haney Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780252038501
- 0252038509
- OCLC:
- 861676496
- Publisher Number:
- 99959302722
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