December 17, 1995 Dorothy Porter Wesley, librarian and curator, died. Wesley was born May 25, 1905 in Warrenton, Virginia. She earned her A.B. degree from Howard University in 1928 and bachelor and master’s degrees in library science from Columbia University in 1931 and 1932, respectively. From 1928 to her retirement in 1973, Wesley assembled and […]
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December 17th in African American History – Dorothy Porter Wesley
By Chimsima Zuhri on December 17, 2011 in African American History, December, Education
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