Abstract:The recent US presidential campaigns and the subsequent election have laid bare many highly charged political and social issues that historically remained unresolved but have over the years slipped into a sphere of topics avoided in polite and civil conversation. Among the many discussions and topics that took hold as a result of Hilary Clinton’s campaign for US president was that of the glass ceiling. The reemergence of the discussion of racial and gender barriers in politics and professional life in America provides an opportunity to revisit the history of racial barriers in the library profession, particularly in library education. This essay provides a framework for understanding the racial and social dynamics that led to the development of a separate but unequal system for educating African American librarians in America. And, of equal or perhaps greater significance at this stage in our profession’s evolution, it highlights the significant contributions of African American leaders in library education who also overcame tremendous obstacles and systemic barriers, and ultimately changed the profession regarding who it invites in, and who and how it seeks to serve.

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图书馆和信息科学教育中的种族与领导力：非洲裔美国行政人员研究

摘要：最近的美国总统竞选活动和随后的大选，暴露了许多高度紧张的政治和社会问题，这些问题历来仍未得到解决，但多年来却陷入了礼貌和民间对话中避免的话题​​。希拉里·克林顿（Hilary Clinton）竞选美国总统的结果引起了众多讨论和话题，其中之一就是玻璃天花板。在美国，关于政治和职业生活中种族和性别障碍的讨论的重新出现为重新审视图书馆界特别是图书馆教育中种族障碍的历史提供了机会。本文提供了一个框架，用于理解种族和社会动态，从而导致了一个独立但不平等的系统的发展，该系统用于在美国教育非洲裔美国人的图书馆员。和，