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Ruby Chappelle Boyd

1919–2024

United States

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Ruby Chappelle Boyd (March 18, 1919 – October 25, 2024) was the first African-American librarian in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She also worked to preserve the history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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