Clara Stanton Jones, American librarian (born 1913)

Clara Stanton Jones

American librarian (1913–2012)

Clara Stanton Jones was the first African-American president of the American Library Association, serving as its acting president from April 11 to July 22 in 1976 and then its president from July 22, 1976, to 1977. Also, in 1970 she became the first African American and the…