 Highlights
include CDF publications, the Freedom School collection, federal
government studies on child welfare dating back to the early
1900s,
rare and first edition signed volumes of poetry by Gwendolyn
Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, and many renowned authors and illustrators
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The Collection
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The Library's collection includes
strong holdings in the following subjects areas:
children's literature by authors and illustrators of African
descent and about the Black experience;
child advocacy;
African American culture, fine arts, history, and literature;
spirituality;
the Civil Rights Movement with particular attention to the
role of women;
and the history of non-violent social protest.
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Library holdings are non-circulating. Our catalog will be available
soon. Terminals provide access to the Internet and the Tennessee
Electronic Library (TEL) databases for academic research.
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