The African American Struggle For Library Equality: The Untold Story of the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program Publi

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Thursday, Nov 14, 2019  7 p.m.

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The Auburn Avenue Research Library will host Dr. Aisha M. Johnson-Jones who will discuss her publication The African American Struggle For Library Equality: The Untold Story of the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program. The African American Struggle for Library Equality is the first comprehensive history of the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program to be published. Through original research and use of existing literature, Aisha Johnson Jones exposes historic library practices that discriminated against blacks, and the necessary remedies the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program implemented to cure this injustice, which ultimately influenced other philanthropists like Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates (the Gates Foundation has a library program) as well as organizations like the American Library Association. Dr. Aisha Johnson-Jones is an educator and revelator of Southern intellectual history and an advocate for untold stories. She is committed to archival research, the production and professional development of archivists and staff, and redefining the scholar. With a Ph.D. and Master’s in Library and Information Studies (LIS), Johnson-Jones stands on a soapbox for unveiling the history of underrepresented communities through the use of historical documents. This event is free and open to the public at 101 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30303.