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Roberta Byrd Barr was an African American educator, civil rights leader, actress, librarian, and television personality. She was a talented, multifaceted personality with a calm presence, thoughtful demeanor, and a darkly melodious voice which served her well in the many roles she played in the Seattle community.  

Barr was a Seattle Public Schools elementary teacher, librarian and administrator.  During the 1966 school boycott when the black community protested the lack of progress toward desegregation, she headed the Freedom School at the YMCA.  In 1968, she was appointed vice principal at Franklin High School, and in 1973 she was appointed principal of Lincoln High School, becoming the first woman in the history of the Seattle Public Schools to head a high school. 

Barr’s acting and television career began in the early 1960s when she starred in the Cirque Theatre production of “Raisin in the Sun.”  On KCTS/Channel 9, she told stories to young children in a show called “Let’s Imagine.”  Later she moderated the program “Face to Face” on King TV from 1965-1970, and from 1971-1972, on KCTS/9.  The program featured guest speakers talking about controversial topics such as desegregation and welfare.  Barr awakened the community to civil rights issues and other important topics overlooked in the media. She acted as a bridge between the black and white communities.   Her picture hangs in the Douglas-Truth Public Library where her efforts, through her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, helped promote the development of the African American Collection.




http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aaw/barr-roberta-byrd-1919-1993

MOÇA BRANCA E OS ALUNOS


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A PRIMEIRA NEGRA PRESIDENTE (A) DA ALA


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Clara Stanton Jones (born May 14, 1913) was the first African American president of American Library Association, serving from 1976 to 1977. She was also appointed the director of the Detroit Public Library (1970–1978), becoming the first African American director of a major city public library in the United States.

Biography

Early life

Clara Stanton Jones was born on May 14, 1913 in St. Louis, Missouri to a close-knit, Catholic family. Her future career and impact in library science almost seemed predestined as she frequented the library at an early age. Jones recalls that she was one of the smallest patrons at the public library near her grandmother's house; she was also among very few black children at that local library. Although Jones had very little interaction with librarians in her young years, she read what interested her and selected her own materials. Her mother, Etta J. Stanton, worked as a school teacher, lecturing at public school systems until her marriage; Since the law did not allow married women to teach in the public school system, she taught in Catholic parochial schools to help support her family, including Clara Jone's endeavor to attend college. Jones' father, Ralph Herbert Stanton, was a manager at the Standard Life Insurance Company. He eventually accepted a position with the Atlanta Life Insurance Company where he worked until his death. Jones grew up in a highly segregated St. Louis neighborhood, but she was not daunted by the assumed, implicit Jim Crow laws; she instead regarded her young life to be privileged with all her primary mentors being African American.

Education

Education and solidarity were heavily emphasized in Jones family; She obtained a well-rounded education even though the St. Louis public school system was completely segregated. She grew up in an entirely African-American world, with black role-models and mentors. In highschool, Jones aspired to become an elementary school teacher, even though her future salary would be slightly below white counterparts. This position would still provide a high standard of living for African Americans at that time because the income gap between white and black teachers was only slight. Jones was the first member of her family to graduate from college. St. Louis was highly segregated, but instead of attending the local, tuition-free teachers college that was designated for black students, Jones attended the Milwaukee State Teacher’s College in 1930; she was inspired by her older brothers’ stories of college life away from home at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jones was one of only six black students at the college. She transferred to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, where she majored in English and History and decided to become a librarian instead of a teacher. The president Florence Reed caught notice of Jones' typing skills and offered her a position as a typist with the new Atlanta University Library; the librarians encouraged Jones to pursue a career in librarianship. She was highly receptive to their suggestions as she had already considered this career change. Jones remained in that position until her graduation; she received her Bachelors of Art in 1934 from Spelman and a degree in Library Science in 1938 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Career in Library and Information Science

Jones began working in libraries the same year she completed her degree in Library Science. She said that at the beginning of 1938, she worked in libraries at Dillard University, New Orleans, and Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jones spent the remainder of her librarian career at the Detroit Public Library, retiring in 1978 as the director. She was elected the first black president of the American Library Association after she accepted the position as head of the Detroit Public Library.

The Censorship of Racist and Sexist Library Materials
In May 1977, Clara Stanton Jones, acting as president of the American Library Association, responded to the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee’s (IFC) recommendation to quash the ALA’s “Resolution on Racism and Sexism Awareness” because its language remained unclear. Her response was published in the American Libraries, the official publication of the ALA. Jones opposed the IFC’s proposal, declaring that the resolution required further adjustments and amendments to the language before the committee considers annulment. The IFC feared that the resolution favored censorship as a means to purge library materials of racist and sexist language, and thereby opposing the Library Bill of Rights pledge to sustain access to information and enlightenment despite content, and encourage libraries to challenge censorship.
The ALA made the decision to deliberate the fate of the resolution and report its results at the 1977 Detroit conference. Jones asserted that the resolution did not conflict with the Library Bill of Rights, and instead promoted awareness by encouraging training and outreach programs in the libraries and library schools. In agreement with the Library Bill of Rights, she advocated for more enlightenment, not repression, to combat the effects of racism and sexism in library materials. Jones viewed the resolution as the framework, and not the final solution, for enabling librarians to confront issues that hampered “human freedom”.
“The spirit of the “Resolution on Racism and Sexism Awareness” is not burdened with repression; it is liberating. If the resolution is imperfect, try to make it perfect, but not by destroying it first!” - Clara Stanton Jones.

 Major Achievements

Jones served as the director for Detroit Public Library from 1970 to 1978, becoming the first African American to head a major public library in the United States.
She served as the first black president of the American Library Association in 1976 to 1977. During her presidency, she heavily aided the ALA adoption of a "Resolution on Racism and Sexism Awareness" to encourage librarians to raise the awareness of library patrons and staff to problems of racism and sexism.
She advocated the passing of the "Resolution on Racism and Sexism Awareness" in 1977 despite the ALA's Intellectual Freedom Committee's recommendation to the ALA Executive Board that the resolution be rescinded.
President Jimi Carter appointed Jones as Commissioner to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science in 1978. She served this post until 1982.
Jones received the Trailblazer Award in 1990 from the Black Caucus of the ALA, the highest award given by BCALA. The award recognizes individuals whose pioneering contributions have been outstanding and unique, and whose efforts have "blazed a trail" in the profession.


Professional Memberships

Jones founded the discussion group, Black Women Stirring the Waters
Black Caucus of the American Library Association
Social Responsibilities Round Table


Selected publications
Jones, C. S. (1974). Library service to the disadvantaged: Means and methods: a session from the 92nd Annual Conference of the American Library Association, Las Vegas, June 24–30, 1973. Phonotape. Development Digest.
Jones, C. (1977). ALA President Views the Racism/Sexism Resolution. American Libraries, 8(5), 244. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.
Josey, E. J., & Jones, C. S. (1978). The information society: Issues and answers : American Library Association's Presidential Commission for the 1977 Detroit Annual Conference. London: Oryx Press.
Dowlin, K. E., & Jones, C. S. (1987). How to computerize your community information and referral files. Ballwin, MO: ACTS.
Hernandez, E., Smith, E. M., & Jones, C. S. (1988). Librarians as colleagues across racial lines Strategies for action. Ballwin, Mo: ACTS.
Jones, C. S. (1992). From grassroots Outreach makes it happen. Chicago, Ill.: American Library Association.


Noteworthy Quotations

"Libraries were a part of my life from the very beginning."
"Librarians organize knowledge, information of any kind. We can make it accessible to people."
"Dr. DuBois would say, "Clara, what are you reading now, and what do you think of it?(of something that he had recommended). He really was very inspiring to me."
"When ALA first asked me if I would run for president, I said, "That's the last thing in the world I want to do, conduct a Council meeting with everybody shouting, "Point of order!""
"I really felt in touch with the people in our own race who were the achievers. They came through to us as real people."
"It never dawned on me to doubt my ability as far as race was concerned."







TODO PODEROSO MAZEMBE






Do Le Monde: Mazembe é o orgulho do futebol africano


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Artigo publicado no Le Monde no dia 16.12.10
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Tradução: Xico Malta
Presidente, governador e bilionário. Uma política esportiva inteligente e uma dica de sucesso: Eis a receita que permitiu o clube congolês o Todo Poderoso Mazembe Lubumbashi de ser o primeiro clube africano a disputar a final do Mundial de clubes no sábado contra a Inter de Milão.
Se pela primeira vez não haverá uma final entre Europa e America do Sul, o responsável por isso é o senhor Moise Katumbi Chapwe, presidente do TP Mazembe (os corvos, em Kiswahili). Se fomos procurar uma analogia com algum dirigente dos grandes clubes da Europa, Katumbi seria uma espécie de Silvio Berlusconi (porém menos diabólico), primeiro Ministro da Itália e proprietário do Milan.
Filho de um judeu sefardita que fugiu da Europa nazista e de uma congolesa. Katumbi fez fortuna na pesca, nos transportes e depois nas minas de cobre e cobalto do Katanga, antes de ser triunfalmente eleito governador desta província da Republica Democrática do Congo, em 2007.
Ele investiu consideravelmente no TP Mazembe, o qual ele preside desde o fim dos anos 1990, prometendo desde o início conquistar o troféu da Liga dos Campeões da África.
Conquistou dois (2009 e 2010), trazendo de volta o brilho aos alvinegros, campeões da Copa Africana em 1967 e 1968. Ele está prestes a passar por uma extraordinária proeza: Se tornar campeão mundial de clubes!
O sucesso do TP Mazembe se deve a uma politica muito bem dosada. Katumbi conseguiu segurar alguns bons jogadores que poderiam muito bem estar em algum time da primeira divisão de um campeonato europeu. Ele paga os melhores salários da África (16.000 euros por mes, mais alguns bónus generosos), depositando-os em dia, o que não é bem comum no futebol africano.
A chegada na final em Abu Dabi demonstra que o projeto esportivo vendido aos jogadores para que eles permanecessem no clube não foi em vão. Eles terão a oportunidade de fazerem seus nomes brilharem em uma grande equipe africana ao invés de partirem ainda jovens para um pequeno clube europeu.
O craque do time é o congolês Trésor Mputo, todavia não participou da Copa por estar suspenso por um ano pela FIFA. Motivo: agrediu um arbitro. Na sua ausência, Given Singuluma da Zâmbia ou o congolês Kaluyituka Dioko, autor do segundo gol contra o Internacional , assumem a responsabilidade de conduzir o time à vitória.
O meia direita Narcisse Ekanga dos Camarões, o capitão Pamphile Mihayo ou o goleiro Kidiaba (34 anos) são os outros pilares do TP Mazembe.
Este último, que fez o jogo de sua vida contra os brasileiros, ficou também conhecido por causa de suas comemorações bem originais.
O treinador Lamine Ndiaye chegou em setembro e conseguiu arrumar a defesa que era o ponto fraco da equipe. O Senegalês está obviamente feliz pelo sucesso de seu projeto 100% africano. “Temos um cérebro, dois braços e duas pernas como todo mundo, afirmou o técnico. O futebol africano progrediu muito. Estamos no bom caminho e teremos resultados importantes em um futuro próximo”.
Já no sábado que vem, (hoje), ele poderá entrar no hall dos vencedores da Copa do Mundo da FIFA ao lado de Barcelona, Manchester United e São Paulo FC.

http://blogdobirner.virgula.uol.com.br/2010/12/18/do-le-monde-mazembe-e-o-orgulho-do-futebol-africano/

Willian Douglas e as cotas

CARTA ABERTA AO SENADO E AO POVO BRASILEIRO A RESPEITO DAS COTAS NAS UNIVERSIDADES - 18/03/2009

(Resumo da manifestação do Juiz Federal e Professor William Douglas na audiência pública do Senado sobre as cotas nas Universidades).


William Douglas – juiz federal, professor


Prezados concidadãos:

Depois de muito tempo a favor das cotas para a escola pública e contra as raciais, mudei de opinião. Já falei sobre os motivos no artigo “As cotas para negros”, que está disponível em anexo e no meu site. Contudo, sinto-me no dever de trazer mais alguns elementos para o debate.


APRESENTAÇÃO
Inicialmente, peço licença para dar um resumo de minha vida e experiência profissional, que acredito serem indicativos do quanto lido com os temas educação e administração pública, de modo que não sou um “curioso”, mas alguém que convive diariamente com as realidades das quais vou falar. Lido com provas e concursos públicos há 29 anos, e todos os dias defendo o sistema do mérito. Também trago a experiência de 16 anos como juiz federal, função onde sou premiado por produtividade e tenho trabalhos reconhecidos pelo Conselho da Justiça Federal (JusQualitas) e no CNJ (Boas práticas gerenciais - “Comunidade que aprende”). Também sou professor universitário, do Ensino Médio e para Vestibular. Além de Mestre em Direito pela UGF e Pós-graduado em Políticas Públicas e Governo pela UFRJ, já falei para mais de 800.000 pessoas no país, sou autor de mais de 30 livros, com mais de 400.000 exemplares vendidos. Por fim, sou consultor em diversas editoras (Campus/Elsevier, Ediouro, Thomas Nelson Brasil e Impetus). Falo em nome da Fundação Educafro, originado na Igreja Católica, no movimento franciscano, onde sou voluntário. Apesar de ser evangélico, me uni como professor voluntário na EDUCAFRO por ver os resultados da organização.
Sou considerado o maior especialista do país em concursos públicos (ref. Valor Econômico, Jô Soares, Fantástico, Veja, Você SA etc), e foi por causa de meu livro sobre o tema que fui – em 1999 - convidado a ministrar palestras gratuitamente na EDUCAFRO. Desde então, já doei mais de 30.000 livros para alunos negros e carentes e venho ministrando palestras sobre como estudar e fazer provas, nas Unidades Educafro em Santos, São Paulo, São João de Meriti e Rio de Janeiro.
Como disse, mudei de opinião sobre as cotas raciais e tenho certeza que qualquer um que acompanhar os trabalhos do movimento também mudará de opinião. Não é possível conhecer a realidade social atual e não querer medidas vigorosas para corrigir a grave desigualdade social e racial na qual vivemos.


UM BRANCO FALANDO A FAVOR DAS COTAS
Muitos se impressionam com isso, mas a verdade é que o tem não reflete uma guerra de raças: há brancos e negros dos dois lados. Isso é uma questão complexa. Estou certo que há boa fé dos dois lados da questão, a diferença é, talvez, na dose do remédio, ou seja, o quanto seremos tímidos ou corajosos para resolver o problema.


UM PEDIDO DE DESCULPAS
Tenho vários amigos negros, alguns poucos destes são contra as cotas. São a minoria, mas respeito-os. A maior parte deles se incomoda com o estigma que pode haver de que o negro “só chegou aqui por causa das cotas”. É um problema, de fato, pois os racistas (sim, eles são covardes, mas existem) podem dizer isso mesmo. Contudo, os negros que chegaram ao topo são uma minoria diante do percentual de negros do país. As estatísticas mostram que estes negros são verdadeiros heróis que lograram ultrapassar todas os funis e discriminações que o país ainda possui. Heróis que admiro e aos quais peço desculpas por saber que as cotas têm algum lado incômodo.
Contudo, indago: Quantos negros temos no Senado? E no STF? E no STJ? O único desembargador negro que havia no TRF da 2a Região agora é o único Ministro negro do STJ... Quantos promotores e juízes negros nós temos? Quantos vizinhos negros você tem? Quantos negros estão atendendo nos balcões das companhias aéreas? E nos bancos? Quantos você viu no restaurante ontem à noite? E no colégio de seu filho?
A quantidade de negros nas classes A e B, nas gerências e nos altos cargos públicos prova que há algo de muito errado na República. Não que tenha que haver total paridade estatística, mas a situação atual é absurda, intolerável e abaixo da crítica.
Então, para esses heróis negros, peço minhas desculpas. Eu sei que os incomoda a classificação racial (afinal, há séculos ela só serve para fazer o mal); eu sei que o estigma incomoda. Mas finalmente este país vai classificar a raça para suprimir uma injustiça, ao invés de classificar para praticar uma injustiça.
A verdade é que não podemos exigir o heroísmo de todos. Por isso, os negros bem sucedidos vão precisar lidar com isso: todos teremos que fazer concessões. Minha filha tem 7 anos. É uma caucasiana loura e de olhos azuis, que estuda nos melhores colégios e tem acesso a tudo. Um dia ela fará vestibular e terá que concorrer com menos vagas, pois metade delas será para pobres, índios e negros. E eu diria para ela: “Minha filha, querida, desculpe: mas para mudar o país, teremos que fazer concessões e sacrifícios. Não é justo você ser tratada agora igualzinho a outras meninas tão importantes quanto você, mas que até agora não tiveram acesso a tudo o que você tem.”
Este país sofre porque ninguém quer fazer concessões. E, para resolver a questão racial, todos precisaremos fazer alguma. Isso inclui os negros que não precisam das cotas, os filhos da classe alta e média, os que têm medo de fazer mudanças suficientemente radicais para um problema tão radicalmente grande.


OS COTISTAS TÊM DESEMPENHO IGUAL OU MELHOR
Antes da bem sucedida experiência da UERJ com as cotas, que foram renovadas por mais 5 (cinco) anos recentemente, a minha maior preocupação era o desempenho dos cotistas influenciar negativamente a qualidade do ensino. Contudo, vários estudos mostram que os cotistas mantêm notas iguais, ou até melhores, que os não cotistas. E faltam menos às aulas!
Alguns cotistas não agüentam o curso, é fato, e o abandonam. A maior parte da culpa (e da solução) para isso não está neles, mas em nós, no governo, na sociedade e na Universidade: precisamos dar financiamento e acompanhamento. Não basta abrir a porta da Universidade e largar os cotistas à própria sorte.
Contudo, apesar disso, a média mostra que eles conseguem se sair bem. Indago-me por que... e respondo: são pessoas que nunca tiveram nada, oportunidade nenhuma. Basta dar uma pequena brecha, uma pequena chance, que eles se agarram a ela, com esperança, disposição e resultados.
Eles estão conseguindo bons resultados por que demos um pouco. Se dermos um pouco mais, os resultados serão ainda melhores. E cada cotista que se forma altera profundamente o meio onde vive, sua comunidade etc.
Ainda nesse ponto: Mais de 80 Instituições de Ensino Superior já adotaram algum tipo de cota. Não houve nenhuma quebra da qualidade, nem guerra, nem aumento de racismo. O brasileiro tem índole pacífica e, no fundo, deseja justiça social. Não houve nenhuma das tragédias que foram profetizadas por quem é contra as cotas.


A REALIDADE DA DESIGUALDADE – O RACISMO DE FATO NO BRASIL  
A injustiça social nesse país pode ser percebida a olho nu. Como já disse, basta reparar nos restaurantes, nos colégios, nas empresas etc. Só não verá a realidade quem não quiser.
As estatísticas mostram que, apesar de serem metade da população, os negros são 80% dos mais pobres e apenas 20% dos mais ricos; menos de 4% dos gerentes e chefes de empresas são negros, 70% dos que ganham menos de 2 salários-mínimos, e menos de 25% dos que ganham mais de 10 salários mínimos. São apenas algumas estatísticas.
Vivemos um racismo de fato no país e precisamos enfrentá-lo com medidas suficientemente corajosas.
Vivemos uma realidade injusta construída em mais de 300 anos de desigualdade. A forma mais fácil de perpetuar essa desigualdade é, sob o argumento de evitar o racismo, não atacar o problema com vigor necessário. Chega a ser cínico sustentar que não devemos fazer nada para evitar o racismo e simplesmente não alterar uma realidade que é, no momento e escancaradamente, racista. Para acabar o racismo, de fato, precisamos de medidas diretas e veementes.


POR QUE NÃO APENAS AS COTAS SOCIAIS OU PARA A ESCOLA PÚBLICA?
Simples. Porque se reconhecemos que o pobre é discriminado, qualquer que seja sua cor, também temos que reconhecer que o pobre e negro tem uma discriminação a mais. Uma que o rico negro também sofre, aliás. Assim, para um desfavor, uma solução; para dois desfavores, uma solução maior. Eu venho de escola pública: eu fui mais longe que muitos amigos tão bons quanto eu, até melhores. Se me perguntarem os motivos, direi um deles: eu sofri menos discriminação, apesar de ser pobre. Os olhos azuis e a tez branquinha ajudam, é a triste realidade. Por isso, a cota para negros se justifica, em composição com as demais cotas.


NÃO HÁ INCONSTITUCIONALIDADE
O Judiciário já decidiu que a distinção racial para proteger e para corrigir desigualdades anteriores não é injusta, nem ilegal, nem inconstitucional.
O art. 3o da CF e vários exemplos na Constituição (deficientes físicos; micro e pequenas empresas) dão todo o respaldo  para não se acusar as cotas de inconstitucionalidade.

TÍTULO I
Dos Princípios Fundamentais 

Art. 1º A República Federativa do Brasil, formada pela união indissolúvel dos Estados e Municípios e do Distrito Federal, constitui-se em Estado Democrático de Direito e tem como fundamentos:
II - a cidadania;
III - a dignidade da pessoa humana;

Art. 3º Constituem objetivos fundamentais da República Federativa do Brasil:
I - construir uma sociedade livre, justa e solidária; (...)
III - erradicar a pobreza e a marginalização e reduzir as desigualdades sociais e regionais;
IV - promover o bem de todos, sem preconceitos de origem, raça, sexo, cor, idade e quaisquer outras formas de discriminação.


EXISTE RACISMO EVIDENTE E ÀS ESCONDIDAS
O racismo evidente é percebido pelas Estatísticas do IBGE, IPEA etc. Mas há um racismo escamoteado. Eu sei ensinar alguém a passar em uma prova, mas isso não adianta muita coisa em alguns casos. Com alguns empresários já tive a confirmação de que ocorre de fazerem marcação nas provas para eliminar os negros. Eles fazem um pontinho, um “x” nas provas de seleção em empresas privadas, e eliminam o candidato. Nas empresas que não discriminam os negros, os “feios” etc, os percentuais de brancos, pardos e negros são compatíveis com os da população; mas essa não é a regra, basta reparar nas empresas.


QUESTÃO HISTÓRICA E COTAS NOS EUA
Não vou adentrar à discussão da reparação histórica, apesar de ser um debate pertinente. Quero focar na situação atual. Os 300 anos de injustiça e desigualdade criaram uma situação presente, real, imediata. As cotas resolvem um problema atual. Não é nada demais termos 10, 20 ou 30 anos de cotas para compensar uma desigualdade presente, criada por 300 anos de lerdeza e inoperância social suficiente.
Quanto às cotas nos EUA estarem sendo eliminadas, seria honesto reclamar a mesma medida aqui no Brasil se nós já tivéssemos cotas desde a década de 60, como é o caso dos EUA. Depois de 30 anos de cotas nesse país, com financiamento e apoio para os cotistas, eu também acho que as nossas cotas deverão ser extintas. Talvez até antes, mas quando as estatísticas mostrarem uma curva em direção contrária à desigualdade.


MELHORIA DA EDUCAÇÃO
Também acho que a solução ideal é a melhoria da educação. Óbvio!  Contudo, qualquer pai ou mãe de classe média ou alta que tenha colocado seu filho no colégio particular sabe que não podemos esperar quando o assunto é a educação de nossos filhos. Meu pedido é que tenhamos o mesmo respeito com o filho do próximo.
Estamos há 300 anos esperando a educação melhorar, por isso não podemos esperar mais. Precisamos de instrumentos de aceleração da inclusão social.  Este é o PAC para o estudante;
Ao fazermos estas intervenções melhoramos a auto-estima do cotista e de sua família e comunidade. O crescimento pessoal e profissional do cotista possibilita uma irrigação financeira em toda a estrutura onde está inserido; toda a comunidade é afetada positivamente. Ele consome, ele circula, ele se respeita, ele exige respeito e isso acaba afetando até a Avenida Paulista e a Avenida Vieira Souto.


CLASSIFICAR RAÇAS

Para começar, declaro crer que somos uma só raça, a humana, que tem peles multicoloridas: branco, negro, amarelo, vermelho. Contudo, essa percepção não é a social, onde ainda se discrimina o ser humano de pele negra. Seria uma maldade esquecer que os seres humanos com a pele mais escura estão em situação de desigualdade e, sob o pretexto de não ser racista, “lavar as mãos” como fez Pilatos.
Fechar os olhos é perpetuar a discriminação! Discutir que não há raça, que discutir a raça vai gerar isso ou aquilo, e esquecer da realidade social, é privilegiar os debates intelectuais, que respeito e admiro, em desfavor do problema real, social, nas ruas. Feita essa observação, vou me referir à raça negra.
Ontem mesmo uma advogada conversava comigo citando que ela, de tez branca, era “geneticamente mais negra que o Neguinho da Beija-flor, pois ele tem ancestrais holandeses”. Bem, de fato me incomoda discutir classificação de raça; esse incômodo é o menor. O fato é que se pessoas honestas e boas têm dificuldade de estabelecer a raça; os racistas não têm qualquer dificuldade para tanto. Vou citar um aluno meu, do Educafro: “Professor, quando a Polícia começa a bater, ela sabe reconhecer direitinho quem é negro”. Não vejam aqui uma crítica à Polícia, mas apenas aos maus policiais, juízes etc, que discriminam o negro.


FRAUDES, ERROS E ABUSOS
A campanha contra as cotas tem sido desonesta num ponto, qual seja: indicar as falhas que vêm ocorrendo como motivo para eliminação do sistema. Ora, ninguém fala de uma fraude do INSS pedindo para acabar com a Previdência; ninguém fala de uma fraude no Executivo, no Legislativo ou no Judiciário e pede para acabar com a República; ninguém pega uma falha da Polícia e pede para acabar com a Polícia.
Por que, então, os erros e falhas no sistema das cotas têm que ter como resultado o fim do sistema? Todo sistema tem falhas, principalmente os mais recentes, como é o caso das cotas.
Assim, todas as falhas, que são até pequenas dentro do todo, são corrigíveis. Martin Luther King Jr. avisava que todos os homens são falhos. Se os ricos, que têm acesso a tudo, cometem fraudes, haveria de se esperar que os pobres fossem anjos, e não homens, para que não cometessem também seus deslizes. Mas, volto a dizer: para os deslizes há solução, fiscalização, punição e aperfeiçoamento do sistema, mas jamais o uso disto para negar o sistema das cotas. Aliás, como fazemos com a Previdência, a República etc.


SISTEMA DE MÉRITO
Tem que haver honestidade. Mérito é tratar os iguais igualmente e os desiguais desigualmente. Não é honesto tratar igualmente o pobre e o negro em comparação com quem teve acesso à educação, alimentação adequada, cursos especiais etc . João XXIII já disse que “na luta entre o forte e o fraco é a liberdade que mata e a lei que liberta”. Os abastados precisam dar suas cotas de sacrifício. O mesmo Papa disse que “os ricos sabem defender-se por seus próprios meios; os pobres é que precisam da intervenção do Estado.” Afinal, a democracia não pode ser cega a ponto de tratar a todos igualmente, pois, como já foi dito: “Os ricos também podem morar embaixo da ponte.”.
As cotas, enfim, não agridem ao sistema do mérito, ao contrário: elas tornam o sistema mais justo.


CONCLUSÃO
As cotas sociais são uma unanimidade e não creio que haja, hoje, oposição séria contra as mesmas. Quanto às cotas raciais, tracei os argumentos mais presentes no debate para proporcionar uma reflexão e uma contribuição.
Claro que um negro que não quiser usar as cotas poderá fazê-lo. O que não podemos é negar tais cotas a quem precisa delas para ter uma oportunidade.
As cotas, todas, precisarão de aperfeiçoamentos, como, por exemplo, um sistema eficaz de financiamento e apoio psicossocial e pedagógico. Mas não é porque ainda não temos a lei perfeita que podemos abrir mão da lei que já resolve algumas questões prementes. Afinal, os benefícios que a lei trará já são maiores que os inconvenientes. E não podemos ter os inconvenientes, pois mexer de fato com as estruturas sociais não se faz sem eles, mas é para isso que estamos no Governo, ou na Educação, ou no planeta: para tornar a sociedade mais justa e igualitária.
Há urgência em se enfrentar a questão. Estes projetos estão há 10 anos no Congresso. Precisamos editar a lei como está, sem atrasos e maiores demoras. Então, como fazemos com as outras leis e códigos, iremos fazendo aperfeiçoamentos. Depois. Sem mais atrasos. Procrastinar em busca de uma lei perfeita seria uma crueldade com quem precisa da lei como está formatada no momento.

Se alguém tiver alguma dúvida sobre a lei, faça o teste: deixem a lei ficar por alguns poucos anos e vamos olhar os resultados. Se alguém quiser ter certeza da necessidade das cotas, é simples: visitem a Educafro.

Por fim, sei que alguns Senadores são católicos.  Eu não sou católico, sou evangélico. E juntei-me ao Educafro, que é um movimento franciscano, da igreja católica, não apenas como cidadão e juiz federal, interessado num país melhor. Juntei-me também ao EDUCAFRO como cristão, porque Jesus quer que façamos algo. Este é um país com mais de 90% de cristãos, qualquer que seja sua linha religiosa. A maioria dos Senadores e dos seus eleitores é composta de cristãos.
Por isso, citarei textos da Bíblia, do Velho Testamento, livro respeitado por cristãos, católicos, espíritas, judeus, umbandistas etc.

Provérbios 24.11: “Livra  os que estão sendo levados para a morte e salva os que cambaleiam indo para serem mortos”;

Provérbios 31.8,9: “Abre a boca a favor do mudo, pelo direito de todos os que se acham desamparados. Abre a boca, julga retamente e faze justiça aos pobres e necessitados”;

Salmo 41.1: “Bem-aventurado o que acode ao necessitado; o Senhor o livrará no dia do mal”.

Estes textos nos impõem, e impõem aos Srs. Senadores, em nome próprio e no de seus eleitores, uma atitude compatível com a defesa daqueles que estão morrendo em suas esperanças e oportunidades. Estou certo que todos já apelaram a Deus em sua vida, no seu passado, ou que sabem que irão precisar dEle no futuro. Pois bem, Deus diz que irá livrar, no dia do mal, aqueles que acodem aos necessitados. Os necessitados de estudo, educação e oportunidade estão hoje à sua frente. O que fareis deles?

Aos Exmos. Srs. Senadores, cito São Francisco de Assis, que começa sua oração com a frase: “Senhor, fazei-me instrumento de vossa paz”.
Hoje V.Exas podem ser instrumento da paz, da igualdade de oportunidade e da justiça. Onde há dúvidas sobre um futuro melhor, V.Exas. podem levar a fé; Onde há erro, desigualdade e injustiça, V.Exas. podem levar uma nova verdade;  Onde há desespero, V.Exas. podem levar esperança; Onde há tristeza, V.Exas. podem levar alegria; Onde há as trevas da ignorância e da falta de acesso à Educação, V.Exas. podem levar a luz.
Eu peço que V.Exas. sejam capazes de consolar, de compreender, de mostrar compaixão, de mostrar coragem... “Pois, é dando que se recebe, é compreendendo que se é compreendido” e é fazendo morrer a injustiça (com o que V.Exas. podem contribuir hoje) que se faz nascer um país mais justo, digno e decente.



AÇÕES DO MOVIMENTO NEGRO NO NORDESTE: UM OLHAR DOS ESTUDANTES DE BIBLIOTECONOMIA

Interessante saber que não só eu que tenho interesse em negritude e biblioteconomia !!!!
Parabéns ao pessoal  !!!!

AÇÕES DO MOVIMENTO NEGRO NO NORDESTE: UM OLHAR DOS  ESTUDANTES DE BIBLIOTECONOMIA

ACTS OF BLACK MOVEMENT IN THE NORTHEAST: A LOOK OF STUDENTS OF LIBRIANSHIP


Fonte: http://www.unirio.br/cch/eb/enebd/Comunicacao_Oral/eixo1/acoes_do_movimento.pdf

Poeta, autor, antologista e ... bibliotecário





Arna Wendell Bontemps
Arna Bontemps - a noted Black poet, author, anthologist, librarian - was born in Alexandria, Louisiana on October 13, 1902. He was baptized at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. Arna, son of Paul Bismark and Marie Pembrooke Bontemps, lived in a typical turn-of-the-century, middle class, wood-frame house at the corner of Ninth and Winn Streets. As a youth he moved with his family to California as a part of the great migration of that period.

Arna attended public schools and graduated at age 17 from Pacific Union College (PUC). He completed his degree in three years. While in college, Bontemps became interested in writing. He wrote poetry, essays, short stories, fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books.

Arna Bontemps was also a teacher in a private academy in New York City. He received professional training in librarianship at the Graduate School at the University of Chicago and served as the librarian at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He and his wife had six children.
Bontemps' writings were greatly influenced by his memories of Alexandria, his cultural and social roots. As an adult, he returned to the South because of certain changes he observed as "Jim Crow" laws were being eradicated. Bontemps would later write in his novel, Black Thunder, "Time is not a river. Time is a pendulum...intricate patterns of recurrence in...experience and in...history".
Bontemps is credited with writing over 20 books, plays, and anthologies and was considered the leading authority on the Harlem Renaissance. He was part of a core of young Black writers who led the "New Negro" movement. Bontemps wanted a front row seat to view and participate in the stirrings of jazz, theater and literature taking place in Harlem. His scholarly interest in fostering a new appraisal of his race and reevaluation of the Black man's place in American history is just a part of his legacy. His children's books are unique and his poetry and writings convey the rhythms and richness of the African American culture which was to influence a number of writers who followed him. (Edwin Blair. "Literary Habitats." Preservation in Print. September 1996.)

The recent resurgence of interest in Bontemps' unpublished children's stories by Oxford University Press speaks to his universal appeal. The 1996 Academy Award nominated short film, "A Tuesday Morning Ride," is an adaptation of Bontemps' 1933 short story, "A Summer Tragedy". The revival of his play, "St. Louis Woman," written with Countee Cullen and adapted from Bontemps' first novel God Sends Sunday, gives further credence to his literary genius.

When Arna Bontemps addressed the end of cultural colonialism, he wrote of the Harlem Renaissance writers and of their counterpart, the "lost generation": "Once they find a (united) voice, they will bring a fresh and fierce sense of reality to their vision of human life.... What American literature needs at this moment is color, music, gusto...." (Harlem Renaissance Remembered)




2011 Centenário do nascimento da bibliotecária Augusta Braxton Baker






Augusta Baker is one of those names that should be spelled out in dazzling lights in every single children's room in every single library in the United States. Storyteller, author, compiler, activist, and children's librarian, her influence on programming and collection development policies in public libraries cannot be underestimated. The stories in her collections (The Talking Tree, The Golden Lynx, etc.) are fine examples of "the tellable tale" and her book on storytelling (Storytelling: Art and Technique, with Ellin Greene) is arguably the most influential book on storytelling in libraries ever published.

Augusta Braxton Baker was an African-American librarian and storyteller, renowned for her contributions to children’s literature

Early life and education

Augusta Braxton Baker was born on April 1, 1911 in Baltimore, Maryland. Both of her parents were schoolteachers, who instilled in her a love of reading. During the day while her parents worked, her grandmother, Augusta Fax (from whom she received her name) cared for and told her stories. Baker delighted in these stories, carrying her love for them throughout her life. She learned to read before starting elementary school, later enrolling in the (racially segregated) black high school where her father taught, and graduating at the age of 16. Baker then entered the University of Pittsburgh, where she both met and married James Baker by the end of her sophomore year.
Relocating with her husband to New York, Baker sought to transfer to Albany Teacher’s College (now the State University of New York at Albany), only to be met with racial opposition from the college. It was then the wife of Franklin Roosevelt (who was then the Governor of New York), Eleanor, who was on the board of the Albany Interracial Council (now the Albany Urban League) and heavily advocated for Baker’s successful transfer. Though the college did not want to admit blacks, they also did not want to oppose the governor's wife, and Baker was admitted. She completed her education there, earning a B.A. in education in 1933 and in 1934 became the first African American to graduate from the college with a B.S. in library science.

Professional career

After graduation, Baker taught for a few years, until she was hired in 1937 as the children's librarian at the New York Public Library's 135th Street Branch (now the Countee Cullen Regional Branch) in Harlem.
In 1939, the branch began an effort to find and collect children's literature that portrayed black people as something other than "servile buffoons," speaking in a rude dialect, and other such stereotypes. This collection, founded by Baker as the James Weldon John Memorial Collection of Children's Books, led to the publication of the first of a number of bibliographies of books for and about black children. Baker furthered this project by encouraging authors, illustrators, and publishers to produce, as well as libraries to acquire, books depicting blacks in a favorable light.
In 1953, she was appointed Storytelling Specialist and Assistant Coordinator of Children's Services. Not long after that, she became Coordinator of Children's Services in 1961, becoming the first African-American librarian in an administrative position in the New York Public Library. In this role, she oversaw children's programs in the entire NYPL system and set policies for them. During this time, Baker also figured prominently in the American Library Association's Children's Services Division (now the Association for Library Service to Children), having served as its president. Additionally, she chaired the committee that awarded the Newbery Medal and the Caldecott Medal. Furthermore, Baker influenced many children's authors and illustrators—such as Maurice Sendak, Madeleine L'Engle, Ezra Jack Keats, and John Steptoe--while in this position. She also worked as a consultant for the then newly created children's television series Sesame Street.
In 1974, Baker retired from the New York Public Library. However, in 1980, she returned to librarianship to assume the newly created Storyteller-in-Residence position at the University of South Carolina; this was also the first such position in any American university at the time. She remained there until her second retirement in 1994. During her time there, Baker cowrote a book entitled Storytelling: Art and Technique with colleague Ellin Green, which was published in 1987.


Death and continued legacy

After a long illness, Baker died at the age of 86 on February 23, 1998. Her legacy has remained even today, particularly through the "A(ugusta) Baker’s Dozen: A Celebration of Stories" annual storytelling festival. Sponsored by the University of South Carolina College of Library and Information Science and the Richland County Public Library, this festival originated in 1987 during Baker’s time at the University, and is celebrated still to this day.[4]
Her legacy also continues through the Augusta Baker Collection of Children's Literature and Folklore at the University of South Carolina. The collection, donated by her son, James H. Baker III, contains over 1,600 children's books, including materials from her personal and working library, as well as papers, illustrations, and anthologies of folktales Baker used during her career.[5]


Awards and honors

  1. First recipient of the E.P. Dutton-John Macrae Award (1953)
  2. Parents Magazine Medal Award (1966)
  3. ALA Grolier Award (1968)
  4. Women's National Book Association, Constance Lindsay Skinner Award (1971)
  5. Clarence Day Award (1975)
  6. Honorary ALA Membership (1975)
  7. Honorary Doctorate from St. John's University (1980)
  8. Catholic Library Association's Regina Medal (1981)
  9. Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Carolina (1986)
  10. Second recipient of ALSC Distinguished Service Award (1993)


Bibliography


  1. From Janice M. Del Negor, former Editor of The Bulletin for Children's Books:
  2.  Baker, Augusta. 1955. Talking tree; fairy tales from 15 lands. Illus. by Johannes Troyer. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott.
  3. Courlander, Harold. 1956. Uncle Bouqui, folk tales from Haiti; from Uncle Bouqui of Haiti. Read by Augusta Baker. Sound recording. Washington, DC: Folkways Records.
  4. Baker, Augusta. 1957. Books about Negro life for children. New York, NY: New York Public Library.
  5. Baker, Augusta, ed. 1960. Golden lynx, and other tales. Illus. by Johannes Troyer. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott.
  6. Baker, Augusta, ed. 1960. Young years; best loved stories and poems for little children. New York, NY: Parents' Magazine Educational Press; Home Library Press.
  7. Baker, Augusta. 1961. Books about Negro life for children. New York, NY: New York Public Library.
  8. Baker, Augusta. 1963. Books about Negro life for children. New York, NY: New York Public Library.
  9. Baker, Augusta. 1963. Young years library. New York, NY: Parents' Magazine Educational Press.
  10. Baker, Augusta, et al. 1966. Come hither! : papers on children's literature and librarianship. Los Angeles, CA: Yeasayers Press.
  11. Baker, Augusta. 1967. Aids to choosing books for children. New York, NY: Children's Book Council.
  12. Rollins, Charlemae Hill. 1967. We build together; a reader's guide to Negro life and literature for elementary and high school use. With contributions from Augusta Baker, et al. Champaign, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.
  13. Baker, Augusta, ed. 1971. Black experience in children's books. Cover design by Ezra Jack Keats. New York, NY: New York Public Library.
  14. Baker, Augusta. 1975. Storytelling. Cassette recording. New York, Children's Book Council.
  15. Baker, Augusta and Ellin Greene. 1977. Storytelling : art and technique. New York, NY: R. R. Bowker.
  16. Baker, Augusta and Ellin Greene. 1987. Storytelling : art and technique, 2nd ed. New York, NY: R. R. Bowker.
  17. Green, Ellin. 1996. Storytelling : art and technique. With a foreword by Augusta Baker. New York, NY: R. R. Bowker.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Braxton_Baker

http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/03/augusta-baker-storyteller-librarian-authority-on-childrens-literature-and-legend/

http://kids.nypl.org/parents/ocs_centennial_baker.cfm


Ela é o braço direito do Bibliotecário do Congresso dos EUA

Jo Ann C. Jenkins é o braço direito do bibliotecário do Congresso, ela é chefe executiva de operações da biblioteca do Congresso e  tb a primeira afro americana a ocupar esta posição.








Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Jo Ann C. Jenkins as chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1, 2007.

Jenkins succeeds Deputy Librarian General Donald L. Scott, who is retiring on Dec. 31, 2006. General Scott has provided strong and effective leadership for the Library's internal operations for the past 10 years and has served as a respected and highly visible diplomat for the Library's many outreach efforts throughout his tenure.

"Ms. Jenkins is known and respected throughout the legislative branch as an extraordinary leader with highly-honed political skills and exceptional judgment," said Billington. "Her seasoned experience, dedication and leadership skills as chief of staff for the past 10 years have contributed to some of the Library's most high-profile initiatives, including the Library's Bicentennial celebration, six National Book Festivals and currently the New Visitors Experience."

As chief operating officer Jenkins will have full authority and responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the Library. She will be directly responsible for planning, reviewing, monitoring and directing overall programmatic and infrastructure support operations consistent with the Library's mission and the Librarian's goals.

The chief operating officer will directly supervise the chief financial officer and directors of Human Resources, Integrated Support Services, Workforce Diversity, Contracts and Grants Management, Security and Emergency Preparedness, Communications, Special Events and Public Programs, and the General Counsel.

The chief operating office is responsible for managing the agendas of the Executive and Operations Committee to ensure appropriate focus on the Library's operational and strategic issues and the Librarian's priorities.

Jenkins will work collaboratively with the associate librarian for library services, the associate librarian for strategic initiatives and chief information officer, the law librarian, the director of the Congressional Research Service, the register of copyrights and the inspector general to ensure overall mission effectiveness. As chief operating officer, Jenkins will continue to lead efforts to finalize the Library's Strategic Plan for 2008-2013.

Jenkins is active in several organizations including The Links Inc. and Jack & Jill of America Inc. She is a founding member of the U.S.-Japan Young Leaders Program and a member of the AARP Services Board of Directors.

http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0612/staff.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=kdMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38&dq=LIBRARIANSHIP&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=0cdYS_6VMqaEyQTd8NX2CA&hl=pt-BR&cd=48#v=onepage&q=LIBRARIANSHIP&f=false

O primeiro negro a ser presidente da ALA


Robert Wedgeworth became President of ProLiteracy Worldwide in August 2002 when Laubach Literacy International (LLI) and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. (LVA) merged. It is the largest non-governmental literacy training organization in the world. It publishes basic and advanced literacy training materials and provides literacy training through its affiliates across the U.S. and partner organizations in over 60 developing countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Its Headquarters in Syracuse, NY employs more than 100 staff.
Robert Wedgeworth served as University Librarian, Professor of Library Administration and Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) from November 1993 until August 20, 1999 when he retired from the University. The UI Library is the largest public university research library in the world and the third largest of all public and private university research libraries in North America after Harvard and Yale.
Prior to that Wedgeworth had been Dean of the School of Library Service, Columbia University from 1985-1992 and Executive Director of theAmerican Library Association (ALA)from 1972-1985.
After completing an A.B. at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana in 1959 and an M.S. in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois in 1961, he worked in several libraries in Kansas City and St. Louis.
In 1962 the American Library Association selected Wedgeworth as one of 75 librarians to serve as staff for “Library 21,” a library of the future exhibit at the Seattle World’s Fair. This experience and additional data processing training at IBM led to his appointment as Assistant Chief Acquisitions Librarian at Brown University in July 1966, with a special assignment to introduce library automation to the Brown Libraries. From 1966 to 1969 he managed all domestic and foreign acquisitions of library materials at Brown while developing an automated acquisitions and fund accounting system. As a Council on Library Resources, Inc. Fellow he toured all of Western Europe studying the book trade during the summer of 1969.
Wedgeworth moved to the Graduate School of Library Service, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey in the fall of 1969 to do advanced studies in librarianship and teach in the graduate program. He left Rutgers to become Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA) in August 1972.
Assuming the leadership of ALA during a turbulent period of internal strife, he led the effort to democratize the Association and gave it new visibility and credibility nationally and internationally. Under his leadership the Association grew from 28,000 members to over 40,000. He developed a new Headquarters building in a joint venture that more than doubled the value of its property and produced a windfall profit of more than $10 million by 2003. With the demise of the National Book Committee, Wedgeworth negotiated with the publishing industry to bring the National Library Week program to the ALA. It quickly became a nationally visible marketing tool and the third major revenue source for the Association.
His interest in reading and literacy led to his involvement in the creation of the Friends of Libraries USA and to his initiative to organize the Coalition on Literacy in 1979. He then persuaded the Advertising Council to launch the first nationwide ad campaign promoting adult literacy.
In 1975 President Gerald R. Ford appointed Wedgeworth to the National Commission on New Uses of Copyrighted works (CONTU) where he was influential in the resolution of library photocopying issues that were key components of the Copyright Revision Law of 1978. From 1985 until 1992 he served as Dean of the School of Library Service, Columbia University.
At Illinois Wedgeworth reorganized the library faculty and transformed a 1970s university library, technologically, into a 1990s university library. Under his leadership Illinois launched a National Science Foundation sponsored digital library research program, expanded its Mortenson Center training program for foreign librarians and launched the web-based Kolb-Proust Research Archive to international acclaim. The UI Library also raised over $18 million in new endowments during his tenure, a record for a public university.
In his almost 40 years as a librarian, library educator and association executive, he has created and edited two major reference works, ALA YEARBOOK, 1976-1985 and the WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES, 3d edition 1993. In addition he has written and lectured widely on international librarianship, international book trade, and copyright and information policy and information technology. He has also conducted special studies of librarianship and the book trade in Western Europe, Latin America and South Africa. His publication, STARVATION OF YOUNG BLACK MINDS: THE EFFECTS OF THE BOOK BOYCOTTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, New York, 1989 written jointly with Lisa Drew raised serious questions about curbing the free flow of information during the struggle to combat apartheid. More recently, he produced a study of library development in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe for the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1998.
After six years on the Executive Board of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), he was elected President in 1991 and re-elected in 1995 to serve until 1997. He is the only the second American to be elected IFLA President and the only one to be elected to serve a second term. During his tenure as IFLA President he led the Association to become the dominant international library and information service organization in the world, expanding its membership to over 140 countries. He led the transformation of IFLA by introducing a global communications system (IFLANET) through the technical support of SilverPlatter and the National Library of Canada. From 1993 in Barcelona to 1997 in Copenhagen he presided over IFLA conferences that attracted record-breaking attendance to its programs and exhibits.
For his achievements Wedgeworth has received many honors and awards including five honorary doctorates, most recently from the College of William & Mary in 1988. In 1991 he was honored as the Most Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science and in 1996 he received the Medal of Honor from the International Council of Archives for his international activities. From the American Library Association he has received three of its highest honors, the Lippincott and Melvil Dewey awards for professional leadership and, most recently, the Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for achievements in international librarianship.
Currently, he serves as a member of the National Commission on Adult Literacy, he is a life member of the American Library Association, a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a member of the Board of Trustees of Wabash College, the Board of Trustees of the Newberry Library and a member of the Grolier Society. Previously he has served on many boards and advisory committees including advisory committees to the Princeton, Miami, Stanford and Harvard University Libraries. He recently completely twelve years as a public member of the Accrediting Council for Journalism and Mass Communication and six years as an editorial adviser to the World Book Encyclopedia.
He and his wife, Chung-Kyun (C.K.), who is also a retired librarian, have one daughter who is an editor with the Los Angeles Times




Sadie Peterson Delaney pioneiro a trabalhar com Biblioterapia




Sadie Peterson Delaney (1889-1958) was the chief librarian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama, for 34 years. She is well known as a pioneer for her work with bibliotherapy.

Biography


Sadie Peterson Delaney, daughter of Julia Frances Hawkins Johnson and James Johnson, was born on February 26, 1889, in Rochester, New York. She attended high school in Poughkeepsie, New York, and also spent one year at Miss McGovern’s School of Social Work. She attended college at the College of the City of New York, graduating in 1919. She went on to receive her library training at the New York Public Library School from 1920 to 1921. Delaney had one daughter named Grace with her first husband, Edward Louis Peterson. They divorced in 1921, and she married Rudicel A. Delaney in 1928. Delaney had a heart attack and died in Tuskegee, Alabama, on May 4, 1958.


Career

New York Public Library


Delaney continued her work at the New York Public Library after she completed her training. She worked at the 135th Street Branch in Harlem through 1923. She worked diligently to increase the programs available for children of different ethnic backgrounds. She ran story hours, discussion groups, and other events for children. Some of the events were geared specifically toward juvenile delinquents, foreign-born children or blind children. Her interest in working with blind children led her to learn Braille and Moon Code, a system of reading and writing for blind people. She also worked with parents and community adershelping them to see the value of the library for the children that they worked with at home or in community groups.

While at the New York Public Library, Delaney was integral in the development of an African American collection. She routinely met with African American authors, helping them to connect with other authors and publishers. She also established the first African American exhibit of art held in the New York Public Library.


Veterans Administration Hospital

Delaney was approached to head the library at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. The hospital was home to physically disabled African American war veterans and veterans with mental or emotional issues. Delaney initially took a six-month leave of absence from the New York Public Library; however, she ended up staying in Tuskegee for the remainder of her career. When she arrived at the Veterans Administration Hospital in January 1924, there were just 200 books and a table in the library.


One of the first things Delaney did in Tuskegee was make the library more welcoming. She moved it into a larger room and added plants, wall hangings, flowers and other inviting elements. She wanted to have a positive impact on the patients in the hospital. She also began acquiring books for both the patients and the medical staff.


Within one year of Delaney’s arrival in Tuskegee, the library had 4,000 volumes available for patients and 85 volumes available in the medical library. Library circulation had risen to 1,000 books per month. By 1954, there were over 13,000 volumes in the patient library and over 3,000 volumes in the medical library. In addition to the chief librarian, there were six library assistants to help handle the demand for library resources.


Bibliotherapy


Delaney used bibliotherapy extensively in her work. She defined bibliotherapy as, “the treatment of patients through selected reading.” She was an advocate of giving the patients individual attention in order to learn their interests. She could use this knowledge to help pair them with books that would engage them. To help choose appropriate books for patients, Delaney would consult with the doctors and medical staff. She spoke of the value of having a librarian at medical meetings regarding patients. She also reviewed books, especially those that were written by or depicted African Americans. When choosing books for the library collection, Delaney took patient interests into consideration. She also tried to maintain information on current events and reference materials.


To complement her work with books and bibliotherapy, Delaney developed many special programs for the patients. She instituted book talks, monthly program meetings, a story hour and a variety of other clubs. She could share her own interests in some of the groups, such as the stamp and coin collecting clubs. She tried diligently to get all of the veterans involved with clubs and library activities. She ran a book cart program so that patients confined to their beds still had access to reading material. For those unable to hold a book, Delaney arranged for the books to be projected on the wall. The patient could turn the pages with a single button. She also sang familiar songs and read poetry to help the patients feel more relaxed.


She continued her work with the blind by teaching Braille at the hospital. As blind patients learned how to read Braille, some of them taught others. Delaney acquired talking books for the blind patients. They were also encouraged to join the clubs and programs that were run, giving them the same opportunities as the other patients.


In 1927, Delaney and the patients began broadcasting the library activities on the local radio station. The patients participated in book and art fairs, displaying their work and delivering talks about books. They were given numerous opportunities and choices for a creative outlet with the various activities available. Delaney also started the Disabled Veterans’ Literary Society, which received acclaim from the Veterans Administration.



Professional associations



Delaney was active in many professional associations. She served on the advisory board for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for five years. She was a member of the International Library Association and the American Library Association(ALA), where she served on the Council from 1946 to 1951. Delaney was elected councilor of the ALA Hospital Library Division in 1947. She was also a member of the Library of Congress Committee for Work with the Blind.


Delaney worked to join the Alabama Library Association, which did not allow African Americans into its membership at that time. She was eventually invited to join by the president of the Alabama Library Association; however, on April 15, 1951, when the next president took over, her dues were returned and her membership was discontinued. The Association suggested that she start an African American chapter, and Delaney balked at that idea. She cited examples of other professional organizations that had integrated, including library associations in other southern states. Delaney tried again to join the Alabama Library Association two years later, and was met with rejection again.



Awards and honors


Students from University of Illinois, University of North Carolina and Atlanta University were sent to observe and learn from Delaney at the Veterans Administration Hospital. Librarians from Europe, South Africa and around the United States also came to observe Delaney and her use of bibliotherapy. Her library was used as a model for other Veterans Administration hosiptals. She was invited to give speeches atAmerican universities, community churches and a conference in Rome in 1934.

In 1948, she was named Woman of the Year by the Iota Phi Lambda sorority. She received the same honor again in 1949 by the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, and then in 1950 by the National Urban League. Also in 1950, an honorary doctorate was bestowed upon her by Atlanta University.She was honored with a testimonial banquet at the 1950 American Library Association convention, and the US Veterans Administrationawarded her their top award for excellence in 1956.


Legacy


After Delaney’s death in 1958, the Atlanta University School of Library Science started a scholarshipin her name.
Delaney was inducted into the AlabamaLibrary Association’s

Named in her honor, The Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Library opened in Poughkeepsie, New York.

The New York Public Library has acquired and archived a large quantity of Delaney’s personal letters.

Delaney was recognized as one of the 100 most important leaders of the 20th century by American Libraries.


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