Black Excellence in Librarianship 

E J Josey was the second African American and the first Black male to be elected as President of the American Library Association (1984-85). This important fact was not included in your presentation and should not be forgotten considering his activism w/in ALA that spanned decades. E J was also the recipient of ALA's highest honor, honorary membership in the association. I was excited to find this video but wanted to make sure that this fact was not overlooked. Thank you very much. signed by E J Josey's daughter

1:25 Dr. Carla Hayden #CarlaHayden 2:22 Dorothy B. Porter #DorothyPorter 3:23 AUDRE LORDE #AudreLorde 4:40 Daniel Murray #DanielMurray 6:14 E J JOSEY #EJJosey

As a Black woman student, deciding if I want to pursue librarianship, this video is amazing! thank you

First video of yours that I see - already a big fan.

This was great! I was at a session at ALA Annual last year called Whiteness in LIS: Tracing its Impact, Mapping Resistance that was FANTASTIC and helpful for me (a white woman).

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

They need to make movies if these.

“The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women. It has been made into the confused, the trivial, the psychotic, the plasticized sensation. For this reason, we have often turned away from the exploration and consideration of the erotic as a source of power and information, confusing it with its opposite, the pornographic. But pornography is a direct denial of the power of the erotic, for it represents the suppression of true feeling. Pornography emphasizes sensation without feeling. The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings. It is an internal sense of satisfaction to which, once we have experienced it, we know we can aspire.” ―** Audre Lorde**, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power ; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FNdjM1jnXKs.html