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Why are all the Black librarians gathering in the school library? : stories and lessons / Erika Long, editor.

Bloomsbury Collections: Libraries Unlimited Library & Information Science 2026 Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Long, Erika, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African American librarians.
School librarians--United States.
School librarians.
African Americans and libraries.
School libraries--United States--History--21st century.
School libraries.
Minorities in library science--United States--History--21st century.
Minorities in library science.
Genre:
Essays.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
New York : Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, 2026
Summary:
"Black school librarians share personal narratives at the intersections of race, education, and librarianship, offering insights that will inform, inspire, and guide librarians, educators, and administrators"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
Legacy work / Sharon Wiggins
Giving back and never giving up : Empowering and building one student and library at a time / Donna Gray
Call me Mister Tabb / Abdul-Brahin Tabb
From bookkeeper to literacy liberator / Chiquita Toure
Black in white spaces : A librarian’s fight for respect, representation, and systemic change / Andrea Jamison
Beginning with Bunn : I belong here / Aleea Davey-Price
Embracing my Sankofa moment / Cynthia Richardson Johnson
Becoming the librarian I didn’t plan to be / Dionne Howell-Taylor
Breaking boundaries : My journey into librarianship / Sean Brandon
Making a presence and opening space : A new day in Black school librarianship / Stacey S. Nunn
Cementing my place / Kat Baxter
Top library leadership lessons I learned from Beyoncé / Cicely Lewis
Designing and opening a school library program / Theresa Bruce
Dual records : Counterstorytelling and the survival archive of the Black school librarian / S. Michele Echols
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Online resource; title from home page (Bloomsbury Collections, viewed August 18, 2026)
Other Format:
Print version: Why are all the Black librarians gathering in the school library?
ISBN:
9798216188759
9798216188742
9798216188766
OCLC:
1586812906
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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