CASPER LEROY JORDAN, a librarian, educator, and scholar of black studies, retired as Deputy Director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library and was formerly Associate Professor in the Atlanta University School of Library and Infomation Studies. Many of his publications focus on black librarianship, the black experience in America, and black achievements in the arts. He was a contributor to The Encyclopedia of Library Information Science, the Dictionary of American Librarians, the Handbook of Black Librarianship, Ethnic Genealogy, Notable Black American Women, and Famous Black Firsts.