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Photograph of a librarian at the Dunbar Branch Library, Athens, Georgia, 1944-1948

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Photograph of Mrs. Arabella Murray, a librarian at the Dunbar Branch Library in Athens, Georgia. The Dunbar Branch Library opened in 1942 and was one of thirteen libraries that served African Americans in Georgia. Mrs. Murray is pictured working at a desk while five girls read at a table nearby.

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Athens-Clarke County Library

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Children
  2. African American Librarians
  3. African Americans
  4. Athens
  5. Athens Regional Library
  6. Children
  7. Children's Books
  8. Children's Librarian
  9. Georgia
  10. Library Users
  11. Public Librarians
  12. Public Libraries
  13. Segregation

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