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The James Weldon Johnson Community Library is a public library located in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is a branch of the St. Petersburg Library System, which services a large area in southern Pinellas County, Florida.Services and programsJames Weldon Johnson Community Library is a member of the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative and the St. Petersburg Public Library system. Library users may borrow books, CDs and DVDs and request items from libraries throughout Pinellas County.Free Wi-Fi is available, as well as public computers. Printing, copying, and fax service is available for a small charge.Information on upcoming events is available through the library's website.HistoryJames Weldon Johnson Community Library is named after James Weldon Johnson, American author and civil rights activist.The history of James Weldon Johnson Community Library is part of African American history in St. Petersburg.Andrew Carnegie intended for the library he funded in St. Petersburg to be racially integrated when it opened in 1915, but the city refused black residents access to the library. In 1944, the city began allowing blacks into only the basement of the Carnegie library. Mrs. S.M. Carter, wife of a pastor, formed an interracial committee and lobbied the city for funds to open a black library.In 1947 the James Weldon Johnson Library opened in a leased space on 3rd Ave. S. It stayed there until 1979, when it was closed because the Gas Plant neighborhood was being demolished and residents relocated.
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