22 BCALA NEWS Volume 41, Issue 3

Summer 2014

Historical Black Librarians Featured in Recent YouTube Videos

BY THE BCALA PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

The stories of two historical Black librarians are featured on recent videos available on YouTube. Anita Moore, the first Black woman to earn a master’s degree in library science from the University of Mississippi, was the topic of a recent episode of PBS’s t. Moore went on to become the head librarian at Rust College, the oldest historically Black college in Mississippi. Access the Moore video at http://youtu.be/cGMjXNCRy6Y; it is roughly seven minutes long. The late Regina Anderson Andrews, formerly a librarian with New York Public Library, is the subject of a documentary. Affectionately called the ‘‘Harlem Renaissance Librarian”, Andrews is also the subject of a recent biography written by Dr. Ethelene Whitmire of the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The Andrews documentary, which runs about 27 minutes, is accessible at http://youtu.be/9wQRE1egQZI.

Uncovering a Picture’s Story

BY CARL LEAK, WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY

The August 2014 issue of the North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal features an article by BCALA member Carl Leak titled, ‘‘Solving for X: Addressing the Unknown Variables of an African American Family”. In summary, the article focuses on a photograph of the Kanoy family that was featured in a Thomasville Times (Thomasville, NC) special centennial edition in 1990. The image was not a part of a larger story and, other than the caption, included no supporting details. Through the use of public documents and interviews, ‘‘Solving for X” fills in the gaps, providing a historical and genealogical context of the Kanoy family experience in the early days of a developing North Carolina town.

This article will be of special significance to those interested in genealogy, the African American experience, North Carolina history, Southern culture and many other related topics. For information on purchasing copies of the August 2014 issue (Volume 40, Issue 3) contact booksales@ncgenealogy.org or call 919-628-0540. For those in North Carolina, see the following link for libraries that subscribe to the journal: http://bit.ly/ncgsjlibraryholdings. Carl Leak is the associate director of teaching and learning and health sciences liaison at Winston-Salem State University. He can be contacted via email at celeak@gmail.com.

A copy of the photograph is on page 23.