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Marjorie Adele Blackistone Bradfield

1911–1999

United States

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Marjorie Adele Blackistone Bradfield (May 10, 1911 – November 19, 1999) was an American librarian who worked at the Detroit Public Library and Detroit Public Schools. She was the first African-American librarian hired at the Detroit Public Library.

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