The African American Struggle for Library Equality The African American Struggle for Library Equality The Untold Story of the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program Aisha M. Johnson-Jones ROWMAN&LITTLEFIELD Lanham•Boulder•NewYork• London PublishedbyRowman&Littlefield AnimprintofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 wwwrowman.com 6TinworthStreet,LondonSE115AL Copyright©2019byTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataAvailable ISBN978-1-5381-0308-1(hbk:alk.paper) ISBN978-1-5381-0309-8(electronic) TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. ToJuliusRosenwald,anunsungheroandfriend toacultureatadisadvantagebydesign. Toeveryloverofarchives,museums,andlibraries. Thisisforyou.Neverpickaside. Contents Preface ix 1 TheDenialofKnowledge 1 2 UnveilingtheWell-BeingofMankind 15 3 TheUntoldStoryoftheJuliusRosenwaldFundLibraryProgram 35 4 StandardizingBlackLibrarianship 61 5 CommunityOutreachinMotion 79 6 PhilanthropyasPurpose 95 Index 105 AbouttheAuthor 107 vii