Mar
15

Women Changemakers You May Not Know: Bringing Books South

To commemorate Women’s History Month, we are releasing a new video each week in the series “Women Changemakers You May Not Know.”

Before the Civil Rights Movement, African Americans living in the rural South were often denied library access. The sisters of Delta Sigma Theta, a historically African American sorority, found creative ways to get books to readers in North Carolina and Georgia.

Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu​​

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Posted: 15 March 2021
About the Author:

Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.