African-American librarians

American novelist, librarian, nurse (1891–1964)

American librarian and 14th Librarian of Congress (born 1952)

American actress (1917-1993)

American politician (1936-2013)

American poet (1882–1975)

American poet, novelist (1902–1973)

American activist

American librarian and archivist (1929–2012)

American librarian (1883-1950)

Puerto Rican historian, writer and activist (1874–1938)

American poet (1914– 2000)

American librarian (1905-1995)

Scholar, diplomat, attorney, and the first African-American graduate of Harvard University and Phillips Academy Andover (1844–1922)

American librarian

novelist and short-story writer

American academic (1942-2002)

African American librarian

first African-American woman to graduate Vassar College and was a Librarian/Foreign Cataloger at the Boston Public Library

American librarian (1913–2012)