MAKING BOOKS AVAILABLE: THE ROLE OF EARLY LIBRARIES, LIBRARIANS, AND BOOKSELLERS IN THE PROMOTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN S LITERATURE |
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Tolson, N.
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1/1/98
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Journal
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African American Review
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32(1)p.9-16
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African American
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Traces efforts throughout the United States between the 1920 s and the 1950 s by African-American publishers, academics, and librarians to make literature with wholesome images of blacks availableto black children. The author particularly narrates the creation between the 1900 s and 1940 s of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a division of the New York City public library that led thecampaign for positive black children s literature.
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