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curriculum vitae
The importance of librarians, archivists, and bibliographers who are also collectors and builders of our African American library collections cannot be minimized. -
Dorothy B. Porter-Wesley, Black Bibliophiles and Collectors: Preservers of Black History Edited by Elinor Des Verney Sinette, W. Paul Coats, & Thomas C. Battle
The Chief Librarian's role is the memory keeper of the most precious antiquarian literature of the known Black world. The role also exists as the heartbeat of the historic Reading Room. In the role, one walks in the literal footsteps of Dr. Dorothy Porter-Wesley. - Christina Vortia, Chief Librarian of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (2023)
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