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Allegra Westbrooks

1921–2017

United States

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Allegra Westbrooks (Mar 16, 1921 – Apr 26, 2017) was a librarian in Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and the namesake for the Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library branch. She first worked in Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's segregated library branch, the Brevard Street Library for Negroes. When the system desegregated in 1956, Westbrooks ran the acquisitions at the main branch before being promoted to Supervisor of Branches in 1957.

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