Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored Branch - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored Branch - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Louisville Free Public Library's Western Branch or Western Library is a public library in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a Carnegie library and is the first public library built for African Americans staffed entirely by African Americans.It is not however the first Carnegie library built for African-Americans. Built in 1907 and opened the following year, it is predated by an academic library which opened in 1902 at the institution now known as Tuskegee University (a historically black university). Previously known as Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored Branch, and registered as a historic site in that name, it is a branch of the Louisville Free Public Library system. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With Read more on Wikipedia
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