Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Dr. Carla D. Hayden, Fourteenth Librarian of Congress -- Part I: A rich heritage: Black librarian history -- Libraries and the color line: Du Bois and the matter of representation / Rhonda Evans -- Wearing many hats: a conversation with Robert Wedgeworth / Ana Ndumu -- Disadvantaged by (financial) design: the disappearing act of HBCU library science programs / Aisha Johnson -- A hidden figure: Adella Hunt Logan, Tuskegee Institute's first librarian / Shaundra Walker -- Part II: Celebrating collective and individual identity -- "I'm rooting for everybody Black": a labor of love / Jina DuVernay -- Assumed identity: realities of Afro-Caribbean librarians / Twanna Hodge, Kelsa Bartley, and Kenya Flash -- The Western librarian: community and collective individualism / James Allen Davis Jr. -- Margins of the margins of the margins: on being Black with disabilities and/or neurodivergence in libraries and archives / Kai Alexis Smith -- Uhuru celeration of individual and collective healing and empowerment: five lessons from an activist librarian-author-griot / Roland Barksdale-Hall -- Part III: Black librarians across settings -- Building community through digital innovation: @BlackLibrarians and WOC+Lib / Shannon Bland and LaQuanda Onyemeh -- Empowerment through access: fostering youth STEM engagement with culturally reflective library services / Teresa R. Quick, Cheryl R. Small, and Amalia E. Butler -- Leading in health sciences librarianship: perspectives from Black library leaders / Bethany McGowan and Jahala Simuel -- The HBCU librarians' experience: doing more with your time and talent for less treasure / Jamillah Scott-Branch, Vernice Riddick Faison, and Danielle Colbert-Lewis -- Leading while black: are we up for the challenge? / Deloice Holliday and Michele Fenton -- Part IV: Movign forward: antiracism, activism, and allyship -- Passing the torch: the tradition of mentorship among Black librarians / Satia M. Orange and Tracie D. Hall -- Rethinking Black MLIS student recruitment: a call to action / Vivian Bordeaux and Jahala Simuel -- Post-2020 public libraries: the urgency for community dialogue and healing / Taliah Abdullah, Hadiya Evans, Regina Renee Ward -- Thoughts on sustaining the academic library / Angiah L. Davis and Michelle E. Jones -- Expanding the Black archival imagination: digital content creators and the movement to liberate Black narratives from institutional violence / keondra bills freemyn -- Afterword / Julius C. Jefferson, Jr.