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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Regina Anderson Andrews: Harlem Renaissance Librarian

Regina Anderson Andrews: Harlem Renaissance Librarian

Whitmire, Ethelene

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralBlack American Studies

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ISBN10: 0252038509
ISBN13: 9780252038501
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: May 1 2014
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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, Andrews fought for promotion and equal pay against entrenched sexism and racism and battled institutional restrictions confining African American librarians to only a few neighborhoods within New York City.

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 establish the Harlem Experimental Theater, where she wrote plays about lynching, passing, and the Underground Railroad.

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