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Comment: I believe you have a basic misunderstanding of referencing. References must be about Mitchell-Powell, whereas several of yours make no mention of her. Please review 100% of your references and correct them where necessary 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 20:25, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Brenda Mitchell-Powell (born January 10, 1951) is an American author, independent scholar and researcher based in Alexandria, Virginia. Her book “Public in Name Only: The 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-in Demonstration.^[1]” emphasizes the importance and legacies of Samuel Wilber Tucker,^[2] library sit-ins and their role in the civil rights movement (1896-1954).

Education

Mitchell-Powel is an alumnus of Simmons University, where she earned a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science (2008) and her doctoral degree in Archives Management as an American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Fellow (2015).^[3]

Career

Mitchell-Powell’s career has taken her from contributor, writer, editor, reviewer, and consultant for several national and international publications, as well as for city, state, and federal agencies, literary councils, publishers, cultural organizations, and professional organizations.

Mitchell-Powell organized and co-chaired the review committee established to present the first annual book awards for the Black Caucus of the ALA (BCALA).^[3]

Prior to working as a reference librarian at the Norwalk Public Library (Norwalk, CT), Mitchell-Powell was the senior library assistant at Gibbs College (Norwalk, CT).

Awards

1993 Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service from the Afro-American Studies Librarians Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (of the ALA).^[3]

2009 Beta Phi Mu, International library and information Science Honor Society member^[3]

Publication Credits

MultiCultural Review, an international education and library resource for Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (Westport, CT).The MultiCultural Review was named one of “The Best Magazines of 1991,” by Bill Katz^[4], for Library Journal.

Book Review - The Development of Southern Public Libraries and the African American Quest for Library Access, 1898-1963, by Dallas Hanbury for Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (2021)^[5]

Book Review - The Library: A Fragile History, by Arthur der Weduwen and Andrew Pettegree (2021)^[6]

Public in Name Only: The 1939 Alexandria Library sit-In Demonstration (2022).

Personal Life

Previous residents of Westport, Connecticut, Brenda and her husband Cal Powell currently live in Alexandria, Virginia.

References

^ Mitchell-Powell, Brenda (2022). Public in name only: the 1939 Alexandria Library sit-in demonstration. Studies in print culture and the history of the book. Amherst Boston: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1-61376-935-5.
^ Noyes-Silcox, Nancy (2014). Samuel Wilbert Tucker: The Story of a Civil Rights Trailblazer and the 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-In. History4All, Incorporated. pp. 111ff. ISBN 978-1-9342-8523-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Brenda Mitchell-Powell". New America. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
^ Katz, Bill (April 15, 1992). ""The Ten Best Magazines of 1991"". Library Journal: 48–51.
^ Hanbury, Dallas (2021). "The Development of Southern Public Libraries and the African American Quest for Library Access, 1898-1963". Culture, History, and Society 5. 2: 283–287.
^ der Weduwen, Arthur and Andrew Pettegree (2021). The Library: A Fragile History. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-1541600775.
^ "History of the Alexandria Black History Museum".
^ "1939 Alexandria Library Sit-in".

[1] Mitchell-Powell, Brenda (2022). Public in name only: the 1939 Alexandria Library sit-in demonstration. Studies in print culture and the history of the book. Amherst Boston: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1-61376-935-5.

[2] Noyes-Silcox, Nancy (2014). Samuel Wilbert Tucker: The Story of a Civil Rights Trailblazer and the 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-In. History4All, Incorporated. pp. 111ff. ISBN 978-1-9342-8523-7.

[:0-3] "Brenda Mitchell-Powell". New America. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

[4] Katz, Bill (April 15, 1992). ""The Ten Best Magazines of 1991"". Library Journal: 48–51.

[5] Hanbury, Dallas (2021). "The Development of Southern Public Libraries and the African American Quest for Library Access, 1898-1963". Culture, History, and Society 5. 2: 283–287.

[6] r Weduwen, Arthur and Andrew Pettegree (2021). The Library: A Fragile History. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-1541600775.

[7] "History of the Alexandria Black History Museum".

[8] "1939 Alexandria Library Sit-in".

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