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Annie L. McPheeters

1908–1994

United States

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Annie Lou McPheeters (née Watters) (February 22, 1908 – December 23, 1994) was an African American librarian and civil rights activist. She was known for starting the Negro History Collection at the Auburn Carnegie Library, in Atlanta Georgia. The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System named the Washington Park/Annie L. McPheeters Branch Library in honor of her work.

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