Librarian Virginia Proctor Powell Florence, also known as Florence Powell, was an educator and the first Black woman to receive professional training in library science in the United States. Powell was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, on October 1, 1897. She received her early education in local public schools. After her parents died, she moved to […]

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