Columbia Civic Library Association

The Columbia Civic Library Association was a professional organization for Black librarians and library workers in Washington DC, known for compiling and publishing A Directory of Negro Graduates of Accredited Library Schools (1900-1936).[1] The organization was based at Howard University. Margaret Hunton, one of the first Black librarians hired at the Library of Congress, was president of the organization in 1940.[2]

References
  1. Van Jackson, Wallace (January 1940). "Negro Library Workers". The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. University of Chicago Press. 10 (1): 95–108. doi:10.1086/614653. JSTOR 4302672.
  2. "Two Women Get Posts in Library of Congress". San Antonio Register. Vol. 10, no. 44. Associated Negro Press. November 29, 1940. pp. 1, 5. Retrieved 29 February 2020.


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