| In the early years of school libraries, Black schools were often without a library collection of any sort. In 1928, the Rosenwald Fund was created to address these inequities by providing funding for books for Black schools to help build collections. | |
| In 1933, 91.1% (or 2,123 of the 2,330 schools) of Black elementary schools were without library books. 70.5% of Black high schools had no school library books. In contrast, 39% of the White elementary schools lacked a school library and only forty-seven of the 343 White high schools of the state were without school libraries. | |
