@article{12714,
  author = {Elizabeth McHenry},
  title = {Dreaded Eloquence: The Origins and Rise of African American Literary Societies and Libraries},
  year = {1995},
  journal = {Harvard Library Bulletin},
  volume = {6},
  pages = {32-56},
  note = {<p>Discusses groups formed by African-Americans in Northern cities in the 1820s and 1830s to foster reading and discussion. &nbsp;Library entities include Philadelphia's Colored Reading Society and New York's Phoenix Society.</p>},
  language = {English},
}