Dr. Nicole A. Cooke is the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Cooke’s research and teaching interests include human information behavior, fake news consumption and resistance, critical cultural information studies, and diversity and social justice in librarianship. Early, innovative courses created by Dr. Cooke bringing EDISJ issues to the forefront sparked a major shift in curricula across library and information science programs. Dr. Cooke was named a Mover & Shaker by Library Journal in 2007 and is the recipient of numerous honors including the 2016 ALA Equality Award, the 2017 ALA Achievement in Library Diversity Research Award (Office for Diversity and Literacy Outreach Services), the Illinois Library Association’s 2019 Intellectual Freedom Award in recognition of her work in combating online hate and bullying in LIS, and the 2019 Excellence in Teaching Award (Association for Library and Information Science Education). In 2021 she was presented with the Martin Luther King, Jr., Social Justice Award by the University of South Carolina. Dr. Cooke has published widely and is a frequent speaker; her other books include Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era and Foundations of Social Justice.

• Acknowledgments Introduction, by Nicole A. Cooke Prologue: Children at Augusta Baker’s Feet, poem by Jennifer Bartell BoykinChapter 1 Augusta Baker: An Early Advocate for Diverse BooksNicole A. Cooke and Michael WeisenburgChapter 2Ella Baker at the New York Public LibraryCourtney BecksChapter 3Ethel BoldenCynthia Johnson and Cearra HarrisChapter 4 Doris Hargrett Clack: Pioneer, Activist, and EducatorWendy MooreChapter 5 Sweet Resolve: Mayme A. Clayton’s Response to the Precarity of African American Lives and Historical MaterialsChaitra PowellChapter 6 Resurgence of a Bibliotherapist: Exploring the Life and Times of Sadie “Sara” Marie Peterson DelaneyS. Michele EcholsChapter 7 Eliza Atkins Gleason: Researcher, Dean, Advocate*LaKeshia DardenChapter 8 Miriam Matthews and the Legacy of Black Documentation in Los AngelesJesse R. Erickson, Laura E. Helton, and Dalena HunterChapter 9 Black Quiet: Continuing the Work of Activist Librarian and Community Advocate Annie L. McPheetersRoberta Price Gardner and Morris R. GardnerChapter 10 Alice Roberts and the Breakdown of Segregation in Northern Library Schools, 1890-1940Anthony CoccioloChapter 11A Life of Service: Mattie Herd Roland in Birmingham, Alabama*Brooke BeckerChapter 12 A Fulfilling Legacy of Florida Firsts: The Pioneering Impact of Henrietta Mays SmithJason AlstonChapter 13 Exploring Six Decades of Librarianship with Jessie Carney SmithJahala Simuel and Bethany McGowanChapter 14 Gently Daring: The Story of Anne Bethel Spencer—Poet, Librarian, Gardener, and ActivistShaina V. AndersonChapter 15 Lucille C. Thomas: Championing Diversity Through Library LeadershipTaina EvansChapter 16 Charlemae Hill Rollins: Out of One, ManyLaVerne Gray Epilogue: Charlemae Rollins at the Willard School, 1955, poem by Jennifer Bartell BoykinAfterword: Black Women—The Resilient Force Uplifting All, by Aisha M. JohnsonAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex

Dr. Nicole A. Cooke is the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Cooke’s research and teaching interests include human information behavior, fake news consumption and resistance, critical cultural information studies, and diversity and social justice in librarianship. Early, innovative courses created by Dr. Cooke bringing EDISJ issues to the forefront sparked a major shift in curricula across library and information science programs. Dr. Cooke was named a Mover & Shaker by Library Journal in 2007 and is the recipient of numerous honors including the 2016 ALA Equality Award, the 2017 ALA Achievement in Library Diversity Research Award (Office for Diversity and Literacy Outreach Services), the Illinois Library Association’s 2019 Intellectual Freedom Award in recognition of her work in combating online hate and bullying in LIS, and the 2019 Excellence in Teaching Award (Association for Library and Information Science Education). In 2021 she was presented with the Martin Luther King, Jr., Social Justice Award by the University of South Carolina. Dr. Cooke has published widely and is a frequent speaker; her other books include Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era and Foundations of Social Justice.

• Acknowledgments Introduction, by Nicole A. Cooke Prologue: Children at Augusta Baker’s Feet, poem by Jennifer Bartell BoykinChapter 1 Augusta Baker: An Early Advocate for Diverse BooksNicole A. Cooke and Michael WeisenburgChapter 2Ella Baker at the New York Public LibraryCourtney BecksChapter 3Ethel BoldenCynthia Johnson and Cearra HarrisChapter 4 Doris Hargrett Clack: Pioneer, Activist, and EducatorWendy MooreChapter 5 Sweet Resolve: Mayme A. Clayton’s Response to the Precarity of African American Lives and Historical MaterialsChaitra PowellChapter 6 Resurgence of a Bibliotherapist: Exploring the Life and Times of Sadie “Sara” Marie Peterson DelaneyS. Michele EcholsChapter 7 Eliza Atkins Gleason: Researcher, Dean, Advocate*LaKeshia DardenChapter 8 Miriam Matthews and the Legacy of Black Documentation in Los AngelesJesse R. Erickson, Laura E. Helton, and Dalena HunterChapter 9 Black Quiet: Continuing the Work of Activist Librarian and Community Advocate Annie L. McPheetersRoberta Price Gardner and Morris R. GardnerChapter 10 Alice Roberts and the Breakdown of Segregation in Northern Library Schools, 1890-1940Anthony CoccioloChapter 11A Life of Service: Mattie Herd Roland in Birmingham, Alabama*Brooke BeckerChapter 12 A Fulfilling Legacy of Florida Firsts: The Pioneering Impact of Henrietta Mays SmithJason AlstonChapter 13 Exploring Six Decades of Librarianship with Jessie Carney SmithJahala Simuel and Bethany McGowanChapter 14 Gently Daring: The Story of Anne Bethel Spencer—Poet, Librarian, Gardener, and ActivistShaina V. AndersonChapter 15 Lucille C. Thomas: Championing Diversity Through Library LeadershipTaina EvansChapter 16 Charlemae Hill Rollins: Out of One, ManyLaVerne Gray Epilogue: Charlemae Rollins at the Willard School, 1955, poem by Jennifer Bartell BoykinAfterword: Black Women—The Resilient Force Uplifting All, by Aisha M. JohnsonAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex