Carrie C. Robinson

Carrie Coleman Robinson (April 21, 1906 - May 25, 2008) was an African American educator and librarian. Robinson was a founding trustee of the Freedom to Read Foundation and a founder of the Alabama Association of School Librarians.

Biography Robinson was born in Madison County, Mississippi in 1906.

In 1946, She was hired part-time by Alabama State College as a consultant on school libraries and an assistant professor of library education. She was passed over in favor of a white librarian with lesser qualifications. Department officials did not advertise the position among Black people the same way they did white people. Robinson was appointed to a lower rank position to supervise elementary school libraries.

Robinson became the Auburn University director of the library media program in 1972.

Robinson retired in 1975.

Marriage and children Carrie married Thomas L. Robinson on Jun 12, 1935.

Death and afterward Robinson died in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 25, 2008.

Published works Robinson, Carrie C. 1954. "Evaluating School Library Services." In H. Lancour (ed). The school library supervisor : a report of an institute on school library supervision held at the University of Illinois Library School, October 3-6, 1954. Urbana, Il: Graduate School of Library Science: 60-71. Robinson, Carrie C. 1970. “First by Circumstance.” In The Black Librarian in America, edited by E. J. Josey. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow.

Recognition Robinson was a member of the following organizations: Women's Fellowship, 1946-; American Library Assn, 1946-; American Assn of School Librarians, 1946–76; Alabama Assn of School Librarians, 1947–75; Alabama Library Assn, 1949–75; ALA Committee of Accreditation of Library Schools, 4 years; member, Standards Committee, American Assn of School Libraries, 4 years; life member, National Education Association; cofounder, School of Library Media, Alabama A&M University, 1969; trustee, Freedom to Read Foundation, 1969–74; Women's Fellowship, First Congregational Christian Church of Montgomery, AL, 1946-, mem of the trustee board, 1992-, chair of mission and outreach committee, teacher of church school.

Awards and honors: Alabama LAMP Workshops, Meritorious Service Award, 1979; Southern Poverty Law Center, Outstanding Service to Cause of Human Rights and Equal Justice, Certificate, 1990; Freedom to Read Foundation Award for, School Library Administration, Library Educator, Intellectual Freedom Advocate, Service and Commitment, 1991; Alabama Assn of School Librarians' Award; Distinguished Service, 1947–70; Personalities of the South Award, 1976–77; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Award for Courageous Pursuit and Accomplishments in Civil Rights, 1971; Black Caucus of ALA Award, 1974; Alumnae of the Year Award, Tougaloo College, 1970; Distinguished Service Award, Alabama Library Assn, 1980.

Special Achievements: Alabama LAMP Workshops, Meritorious Service Award, 1979; Southern Poverty Law Center, Outstanding Service to Cause of Human Rights and Equal Justice, 1990; Freedom to Read Foundation, School Library Administration, Library Educator, Intellectual Freedom Advocate, Service and Commitment, 1991.

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