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Hand embroidered ❤️ #whatthelibrarianwore "Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge." -Toni Morrison (Nobel lecture, 1993) #blacklibrarians #blacklivesmatter #librariansofcolor #librarianfashion #librarianstyle #library #libraries #librarian #librarians #librariesofIG #librariansofIG #style #fashion #ootd #wiw #librarylife #librarylove #librarianship #outfitoftheday #librarianlife #bookstagram #book #librariesofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #libraryfun #fashionblogger #books #bookquotes https://www.instagram.com/p/CA6dV6fJUJC/?igshid=1lrzl1icf10g8

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Head wrap style 🖤 #whatthelibrarianwore "The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free." -Zadie Smith, On Beauty #blacklibrarians #librarianfashion #librarianstyle #library #libraries #librarian #librarians #librariesofIG #librariansofIG #style #fashion #ootd #wiw #librarylife #librarylove #librarianship #outfitoftheday #librarianlife #bookstagram #book #librariesofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #libraryfun #fashionblogger #books #bookquotes https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBr7_kJ4pb/?igshid=58rrf6pp0ne7

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📚 #ArtIsAWeapon

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth

Bless the Black artists, archivists, historians and libriarans!

#DorothyPorter #JamesAmosPorter

🖼✍️🏾reposted from @smithsonian Librarian Dorothy Porter and artist and art historian James Amos Porter, her husband, preserved and shared Black history and culture at Howard University for four decades.

The pair met at the @NYPL’s Harlem branch. Dorothy worked at the branch as a librarian while she was getting her master’s degree in library sciences from Columbia University. James was there for research.

Both Howard graduates, the Porters returned to their alma mater to serve generations of Black college students.

Dorothy built the collections focused on African American history at Howard into the great Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Renowned for her tenacity, she discovered books and archival materials in private collections, attics, and even in trash cans.

James chaired the university’s art department and founded the field of African American art history. He championed underrecognized Black artists through organized exhibitions and published work.

James painted this portrait of Dorothy when they were 22 years into their marriage. He chose to depict his wife in front of a Haitian landscape, perhaps referencing their travels to that country. Five years later, he painted this self-portrait at his easel, paintbrush in hand.

#SmithsonianBHM

Credits:

“Dorothy Porter” by James Amos Porter, 1952. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of the Westport Foundation, Dorothy Porter Wesley, Trustee

“James Amos Porter Self-Portrait” by James Amos Porter, 1957. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Dorothy Porter Wesley.

[4evahaka]

24 December 1959 Jet Magazine reports the passing of: Jewel Nathanial Allison Murray & Polemarch Charles F. Davis 🖤💛 #JewelNathanialAllisonMurray: #Founderof Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., & noted educator in #WashingtonDC His father, Daniel, was one of the first #BlackLibrarians for the #LibraryOfCongress & considered a leading authority on the Black American experience. His mother, Anna, was an educator and helped secure the first federal funding for kindergarten within the United States. #JewelMurray grew up surrounded by a small but PROSPEROUS #BlackUpperClass that people called Washington’s “#ColoredAristocracy.” His involvement with #AlphaPhiAlpha continued throughout his life. He, along with founding #JewelRobertHaroldOgle chartered #MuLambda/#DCAlphas ❤️♦️#PolemarchCharlesDavis was an #BlackAttorney who began practicing in #NorthOmaha in the 1920s, and sustained his practice through the 1930s. Convinced that Omaha’s African American community needed a #BlackBank, in 1944 he began working with a group of African American leaders in the community to establish #CarverSavingsAndLoanAssociation, one of the first #BlackOwnedBanks in the United States. #APhiA1906 #APhiA #OmegaChapter #KappaAlphaPsi #KAPsi1911 #ChapterInvisible @phamilyties0608 @phirst_pham @good_nupes @prettykonnected @apa1906network @kapsi1911 https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIzdRvrVH4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#therebirthofcool / #onyxeditions ✊🏾 Repost @onyxeditions ・・・ Y’all know how I do posting way after the festivities!!🤦🏽‍♀️ Happy Belated National Library Week!!📚📚📚📚📚 Happy National Librarian Day to all of the amazing school and public library Librarian’s!!!📚📚📚📚 I used to love visiting the library, though representation was not at the level it is today, at one point I wanted to be a librarian, but the lesson on the Dewey Decimal system cured me🤦🏽‍♀️ Much respect, love and thanks to each and every one of you SUPERHEROES for all you do!!!!!📚🦹🏾🦸🏾‍♀️📚🦸🏽‍♀️🦹🏽📚 It’s the representation for me and we love to see it!!!😍😍 📚Black Girl in the Library (@blackgirlinthelibrary)📚 📚Cicely the Great (@cicelythegreat)📚 📚Favorite Librarian (@favoritelibrarian)📚 📚Mister John (@misterjohn_tlhea)📚 📚Mr. Billy (@3kingvisions)📚 📚Mr. Omar (@omarchapman_ )📚 📚Mr. Stevie (@libraryoutloud)📚 📚That Library Lady (@lisalove_1913)📚 📚The Library Bae (@thelibrarybae)📚 📚The Life of Twan (@thelifeoftwan)📚 #blacklibrarians #blacklibrarian #blacklibrariansrock #blacklibrariansmatter #iseemelibrarians #blackmenlibrarians #blackmenlibrary #blackwomenlibrarians #blackwomenlibrary #blackschoollibrarians #blackbooks #blackbookstagram #blackbookstagrammer #blackbookstagrammers https://www.instagram.com/p/CcbhR8ng9TW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=