Tracie Hall, a librarian who has been based in Chicago for 20 years and is the first Black woman to head the American Library Association, has been named one of Time's 100 most influential people.
Tracie Hall, who has been based in Chicago for 20 years and is the first Black woman to head the American Library Association, has been named one of Time's 100 most influential peoA love of books and a passion for advocating for people's rights led Tracie Hall to lead the American Library Association. She is the first African American woman to do so.Hall is now featured as one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People of the year.
"I think we are seeing it again, any time power is being contested or people don't want to share power they clamp down on the right to read, so history is repeating itself," she said. "Censorship seeks to encumber or control our imaginations and our imaginations must be free."
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