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Henrietta Mays Smith, 'rock star' librarian and storyteller, dies at 98


She touched so many people, said her daughter, the Rev. Cynthia Smith Jackson of New York City.
“I’ll never forget when she was recognized for the Coretta Scott King Award for Lifetime Achievement. I remember somebody walked up to me and said, ‘You know your mom is a rock star.’ And I said, ‘Really?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, she’s the only one I know that you can say, ‘I was talking to Henrietta, and everybody knew who you were talking about. ”
Smith drew her last breaths on April 21. She was 98 and lived in Delray Beach. 
Career took her to New York, New Mexico, the Amazon, and finally USF ....

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