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In 1889, the Muskogee chapter of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) began fundraising efforts to create a library. Local women of Indian Territory were often the founders of libraries
Texas history is one of the chief attractions at the 1904 Rosenberg Library, whose roots go back the 1971 Galveston Public Library.
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Black community leaders in San Antonio behind evolution of Carver Community Center Creating Black History in S.A. Updated: Tags: SAN ANTONIO – In the early 1900s, the building we now know as the Carver Community Center was a safe haven for Black San Antonians. The center served as a performance space for artists and musicians of the times like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and more. In 1930, two local activists, John Grumbles and Charles Bellinger pushed to re-purpose the space as a library for African-Americans during segregation. It officially opened the following year as “The Co...