Our Librarians Thus Far...

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Sankofa Bird street painting in Kumasi, Ghana 

"Go back and take." [alternate translation of "Sankofa"]

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Wilmer Baatz, "architect" of Afro-American Collection [circa 1967-1968 to 1991]

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Wilma Miller, Librarian, Learning Resources Center, Black Culture Center [circa 1976]

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Grace Jackson-Brown, Librarian, African American Cultural Center Library and later, Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library [circa 1997-1998 to 2007]

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Deloice Holliday [on right, with poet, Jessica Care Moore in 2008] Head of Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library since 2007

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Asante Adinkra symbol of Sankofa

"It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten." [proverb of Akan-speaking peoples, Ghana]