THE PHILLIS HIATLEY
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e must remenber that in 1910 our libraries carried few titles on theirshelves dealin, with the Black nan anc his contribution to the stream ofimerican Culture, Thus we are sure that the scarcity of such material wasthe coupelling motive which urged rs. Paxton, our founder, to call togethera grovy of women who not only wanted to read and study the classics, butwantec. to Learn nore about their own heritages Anycne may see by reading our programs on the display board that theen explorec everything from "Jefore the :fayflower" until the presetack Ragee" that the Poolo Co Club neaded for their and of course this was beneficial to the comunitye Phillis 'heatley Literary Club was organized November 7, 1910ips P,E, Church in Newark, It's i ies have incluced thethe heritage of the I Man in literature and art, and thesion of current events and racial problems, Since 1917 when it becane a menber of the New Jersey State Federationered Moments Clubs, it has «sken on certain anihropic work in«¡th the purpose cf the Federation whose nobio is "To York andHour." The first officers. of the club were lirs. B.W. Paxton, president,lis Thomas, Vice President, ‘irs, A,il.Iynch, secretary, and ifirse:gory, treasurer. There were fourteen founder nenbers, first public meeting was held on November 28th 1910 in WallaceA then noted lecturer Hanilton Wright Mabie was the guest speaker.ng the Color Line" was his topic. During the sixty years of the Club's existence nore than eighty-fivea Lave been elected to membership. Our last founder was lirs, Abbie‚us who passed away a few years agoe Association between the Phillis 'heatley Literary Club and theNewark Public Library has always been close, Flormerly our club meetingswere held in the library. The Newark iseun and the Phillis Wheatley Club have also maintaineda fine relationship. We often fo there to exhibits and lectures, Once a year we have "Tea" at the "useum, at which tine we presentyouthful talent. Often this talent is provided by ‘irs. Lass and thechildren from the Corumnity Center for the Arts. i F wark NFree Public Library, Newark, N. J.
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