Shauntee Burns-Simpson Shaundra Walker Rhonda Evans Ana Ndumu Nichelle M. Hayes

Making The Black Librarians in America: A Panel Discussion with 2021 Edition Authors

A Session by Rhonda Evans , Shaundra Walker , Ana Ndumu , Nichelle M. Hayes and Shauntee Burns-Simpson

About this Session

Opening: Shauntee Burns-Simpson and Nichelle M. Hayes Moderated by: Shaundra Walker and Ana Ndumu

Rhonda Evans, Assistant Chief Librarian Schomburg, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library Libraries and the color line: Du Bois and the Matter of Representation

Roland Barksdale-Hall, Quinby Street Resource Center Library Director and Author Uhuru Celebration of Healing and empowerment: Five Lessons from an Activist Librarian-Author-Griot

Jamillah Scott-Branch, Vernice Riddick Faison, Danielle Colbert-Lewis, Academic Librarians at North Carolina Central University The HBCU librarians' experience: Doing more with your time and talent for less treasure Keondra Bills Freemyn, MLIS Student and Graduate Library Assistant, University of Maryland Expanding the Black Archival imagination

July 30, 2021, 08:00 PM

08:00 PM - 09:00 PM

About The Speakers

Rhonda Evans

Rhonda Evans

Assistant Chief Librarian, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture


Shaundra Walker

Shaundra Walker

Library Director, Georgia College


Ana Ndumu

Ana Ndumu

Assistant Professor, University of Maryland College Park MLIS Program


Nichelle M. Hayes

Nichelle M. Hayes

Vice President, BCALA


Shauntee Burns-Simpson

Shauntee Burns-Simpson

President, BCALA