About Joanna Banks
Joanna Banks was an American book collector. In 2018 Banks donated her collection of African-American literature to Penn Libraries. The collection comprises over 10,000 books by African-American authors, primarily published from the 1970s onwards, with particular strengths in women's writing, children's literature, cookbooks, and African-American periodicals.
- Citizenship
- United States
- Died
- September 28, 2025
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