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Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance librarian / Ethelene Whitmire.

Title: Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance librarian / Ethelene Whitmire.
Author: Whitmire, Ethelene, 1968-
Publication: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2014]

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Description

xi, 147 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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"--

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Project Muse UPCC books

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Genre/Form

Biographies
History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-141) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Chicago : the beginning -- Normal, Illinois, Chicago, Wilberforce and Chicago Public Library -- Harlem Renaissance women and 580 St. Nicholas Avenue -- Marriage -- The Harlem Experimental Theatre -- The New York Public Library -- International flights -- Mahopac, New York : endings.

ISBN

9780252038501 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9780252096419 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2013039074

OCLC

861676496

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library