Title Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance librarian / Ethelene Whitmire

Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 147 pages) : illustrations 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 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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Andrews, Regina SUBJECT Andrews, Regina fast Subject New York Public Library. 135th Street Branch -- Biography SUBJECT New York Public Library. 135th Street Branch fast Subject Library directors -- United States -- Biography African American women librarians -- United States -- Biography Harlem Renaissance. African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Intellectual life African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Discrimination in employment. Harlem Renaissance. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General. African American theater African American women librarians African Americans -- Intellectual life Discrimination in employment Harlem Renaissance Intellectual life Library directors SUBJECT Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem United States Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780252096419 025209641X

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