This work provides a comprehensive examination of the life and professional career of E.
J Josey within the broader historical and political landscape of the civil rights movement.
In the era of Jim Crow, Josey rose to prominence in the library profession by challenging the American Library Association (ALA) to live up to its creed of equality for all.
This was not easy during the 1950s and 1960s, during segregation.
Using interviews with Josey and his contemporaries, as well as several archival sources, library educator Renate Chancellor analyzes Josey's leadership, particularly within modern day racial currents.
During his professional career, spanning over fifty years (1952-2002), Josey worked as a librarian (1953-1966), an administrator of library services (1966-1986), and as a professor of library science (1986-1995).
He also served as President of the American Library Association and perhaps his most notable achievement, he successfully drafted a resolution that prevented state library associations from discriminating against African American librarians.
This essentially ended segregation in the ALA.
Josey's transformative leadership provides a model to tackle today's civil rights challenges both in and outside the library profession.
This authoritative work copublished by the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) documents for the historical record a significant period of history that is underexplored in the scholarly literature.
The target audience for this book are researchers, historians, LIS educators and students interested in understanding the complex struggle for civil and human rights in professional organizations.
About the Author Dr.
Renate L.
Chancellor is Associate Professor of Library and Information Science (LIS) at the Catholic University of America where she teaches foundational courses in LIS as well as specialized courses on oral history, law librarianship and human information behavior.
She received her master's and.
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