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Autobiography of Past ALA Executive Director Robert Wedgeworth

  • 1.  Autobiography of Past ALA Executive Director Robert Wedgeworth

    Posted Feb 24, 2026 07:41 AM
    Greetings!
    Robert Wedgeworth, the first African American to serve as ALA Executive Director, has written his biography. The book will be out later this year:
    Breaking Barriers: A Librarian's Story of Changing Times by Robert Wedgeworth

    Wedgeworth served as ALA Executive Director from 1972-1985:   https://www.ala.org/aboutala/history/past-executive-directors .
    Michele Fenton

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    Michele Fenton
    Librarian I/Cataloger
    Indiana State Library
    Indianapolis, IN
    mfenton@library.in.gov
    (317) 234-4937
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