Mollie Huston Lee

Mollie Huston Lee
Lee in 1968
Born(1907-01-18)January 18, 1907
Columbus, Ohio, US
DiedJanuary 26, 1982(1982-01-26) (aged 75)
Durham, North Carolina, US
EducationHoward University,
Columbia University
OccupationLibrarian
EmployerRichard B. Harrison Public Library
SpouseDr. James S. Lee

Mollie Huston Lee (January 18, 1907 – January 26, 1982) was the first African American librarian in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the founder of Raleigh's Richard B. Harrison Public Library, the first library in Raleigh to serve African Americans. Her greatest achievement was developing, maintaining, and increasing public library service to the African American people of Raleigh and Wake County, while striving to achieve equal library service for the entire community. She retired June 1972 after over 42 years in librarianship.

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