Episode 46: Andrew Sekou Jackson on Mentorship, Perseverance, and Community

Andrew Jackson is the Director Emeritus of Queens Library’s Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center where he served in that role before retiring in 2017. He is also a past president of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association from 2004-2006. Andrew is currently an adjunct professor at both York and Queens colleges where he has taught a combined 23 years. A published author and essayist, Andrew wrote the Foreword to the 9th and 10th Editions of The African American Almanac and Queens Notes: Facts About the Forgotten Borough of Queens, New York.  He co-edited the award-winning book, The 21st Century Black Librarian in America: Issues and Challenges, and his essay, In The Tradition: The Legacy of Cultural Messengers From Langston Hughes to Tupac Shakur, was published in Phati’tude Literary Magazine.  Andrew is currently working on the Third Edition of The Handbook of Black Librarianship, due to be published in 2024.