The Pitt News - First African-American librarian, alumna honored

The Pitt News - First African-American librarian, alumna honored: "Tamika Maddox stepped back in amazement as the crowd of about 30 people yelled, three, two, one, followed by a thunderous round of applause. It was then that a newly dedicated plaque was unveiled last Friday.
The commotion and emotion were for the dedication of a plaque honoring Virginia Proctor Powell Florence, the first African-American woman to receive professional training as a librarian.
'I never thought this day would come to pass,' Maddox said before the unveiling. From 2001 to 2002, she served as the chair for the Minority Concerns Council at the School of Information Sciences.
Florence earned her degree from Pitt's School of Information Sciences in 1923.
As part of an assignment to create an annotated bibliography, Maddox found an article about Florence's experience as a librarian. According to the article, Florence did not even know she was the first African-American woman to have obtained a degree in librarianship"