Black Caucus of the ALA Celebrates 50 Years: Members look at what's ahead for Black librarianship.

ATTITUDE (Psychology); BLACK people; COMMUNITIES; CONFERENCES & conventions; CONVERSATION; HOPE; LEADERSHIP; LIBRARIES; LIBRARY science; LIBRARY associations; RACISM; SOCIAL justice; SPECIAL days; PSYCHOLOGY of black people; MEMBERSHIP

The article discusses that the 50th anniversary of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), which comes out of an unflagging commitment to equity. Topics discussed include Libraries must encourage these conversations through social book groups like RADA (Read. Awareness. Dialogue. Action) which was started in 2015 at Denver Public Library; and the views of Tracie D. Hall, executive director of the American Library Association (ALA), on it.