Patricia Swift Blalock
American librarian and human rights activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Patricia Swift Blalock (May 9, 1914 – September 7, 2011)[1] was an American librarian, social worker, and civil rights activist born in Gadsden, Alabama.
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Patricia Swift Blalock | |
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Born | ( 1914-05-09)May 9, 1914 Gadsden, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | September 7, 2011(2011-09-07) (aged 97) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Occupation(s) | librarian, social worker, civil rights activist |
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Blalock graduated from the University of Montevallo and studied social work at the University of Chicago. She returned to Alabama and worked for the State Department of Education and Rehabilitation, where she helped establish clinics for children with birth defects and other illnesses. She was director of the Selma-Dallas County Public library for 27 years, where she was instrumental in integrating the institution during the 1960s, and retired in 1988.[2]