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On August 7, 1920 the New York Age published a story about four Black women who had been accepted by the New York Public Library for training. Catherine Latimer was one of the four. She became New York Public Library's first Black librarian.
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1896?, Nashville, Tenessee
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September 1948 (age 52), Brooklyn, NY
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Minta Bosely Allen Trotman (mother); Henry W. Allen (father)
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Librarian, New York Public Library - 135th Street Branch (1920)
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*some sources say April 6, 1845
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