Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian /

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"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, she fought for promotion and equal pay against entrenched sexism and racism. Andrews also played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance, suppor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitmire, Ethelene, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Andrews, Regina.
New York Public Library. > 135th Street Branch.
New York Public Library. > 135th Street Branch > Biography.
Library directors.
Intellectual life.
Harlem Renaissance.
Discrimination in employment.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
African American women librarians.
African American theater.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Discrimination dans l'emploi.
Theâtre noir americain > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > New York (État) > New York > Vie intellectuelle.
Bibliothecaires noires americaines > États-Unis > Biographies.
Directeurs de bibliotheque > États-Unis > Biographies.
African American theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life.
African American women librarians > United States > Biography.
Library directors > United States > Biography.
United States.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem.
New York (State) > New York.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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, she fought for promotion and equal pay against entrenched sexism and racism. 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 established the Harlem Experimental Theater. Ethelene Whitmire's new biography offers the first full-length portrait of Andrews' activism, engagement with the arts of the Harlem Renaissance, and work with the NYPL"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (168 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780252096419

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