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"The first African American to head a branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL), Regina Andrews led an extraordinary life. Allied with W.E.B. Du Bois, she fought for promotion and equal pay against entrenched sexism and racism. Andrews also played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance, supporting writers and intellectuals with dedicated workspace at her 135th Street Branch Library. After hours she cohosted a legendary salon that drew the likes of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. Her work as an actress and playwright helped established the Harlem Experimental Theater. Ethelene Whitmire's new biography offers the first full-length portrait of Andrews' activism, engagement with the arts of the Harlem Renaissance, and work with the NYPL"--

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. --- Discrimination in employment. --- African American theater --- African Americans --- Harlem Renaissance. --- African American women librarians --- Library directors --- Afro-American theater --- Theater, African American --- Theater --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Bias, Job --- Employment discrimination --- Equal employment opportunity --- Equal opportunity in employment --- Fair employment practice --- Job bias --- Job discrimination --- Race discrimination in employment --- Employment (Economic theory) --- Affirmative action programs --- New Negro Movement --- Renaissance, Harlem --- African American arts --- American literature --- Directors of libraries --- Library administrators --- Women librarians, African American --- Women librarians --- History --- Intellectual life. --- African American authors --- Andrews, Regina. --- Anderson, Regina M. --- Andrews, Regina M. Anderson --- New York Public Library. --- New York (City). --- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) --- Harlem, New York (City) --- Black people