TY - JOUR
AU - Reinette F. Jones
AB - Kentucky was the first North American state to establish a free public library exclusively for African Americans. The library, located in Louisville, Kentucky, was managed by Thomas Fountain Blue, the first African American to manage a public library. The establishing of the Colored Library and Thomas Fountain Blue's Apprentice Training Program was the beginning of librarianship and libraries for African Americans in Kentucky.
BT - Kentucky Libraries
IS - Fall
LA - English
N1 - Concludes with brief statements of the experiences of African American librarians in Kentucky by:
REBECCA L. BISHOP
SHAWN LIVINGSTON
OUIDA HERRING
KAREN MCDANIEL
TEZETA LYNES
MICHAEL RAZEEQ
CARMEN SAMUELS
LINDA UMBAYEMAKE 
VERONICA WALKER
BETTIE P. WHITLOCK
RAAMESIE UMANDAVI

N2 - Kentucky was the first North American state to establish a free public library exclusively for African Americans. The library, located in Louisville, Kentucky, was managed by Thomas Fountain Blue, the first African American to manage a public library. The establishing of the Colored Library and Thomas Fountain Blue's Apprentice Training Program was the beginning of librarianship and libraries for African Americans in Kentucky.
PY - 1996
SP - 4
EP - 9
T2 - Kentucky Libraries
TI - African American Libraries in Kentucky
VL - 60
ER -