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Black history collection

1+ day, 15+ min ago  (1791+ words) Why now: The library held a ceremony Saturday where they unveiled the collection, whose origins date back to 1927 when Miriam Matthews, the first Black librarian employed by the LA Public Library, began documenting and archiving California's Black history to ensure…...