Posts by Yolanda Gleason

NYPL’s Regina Andrews: First Black Librarian to Lead a Branch

by Yolanda Gleason, Associate Director for Staten Island Neighborhood Library Network
March 8, 2021

Andrews was the first African American woman to lead a New York Public Library branch. A trailblazer who did not rest on her laurels, she provided programs and services to the communities of Harlem, Manhattan’s Lower East Side, and the Bronx and served as inspiration for the next generation of Black women librarians.

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