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]
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Two Women Get Posts in Library of Congress". San Antonio Register. 10 (44). Associated Negro Press. November 29, 1940. pp. 1, 5. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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- Defunct organizations based in Washington, D.C.
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