Leadership
Rollins served as president of the Children’s Services Division of the American Library Association from 1957 to 1958. She was the first black librarian to hold the position. She also chaired the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Committee for the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, as well as the Newbery-Caldecott Award Committee from 1956-1957. Rollins served on the advisory committee for the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books at the University of Chicago from 1941-1977.
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