Binnie Tate Wilkin

Throughout her multifaceted career, Binnie Tate Wilkin has been a storyteller. Her presentations of African and American stories are still in demand. Yearly, she fulfills a standing invitation to entertain the public at the Los Angeles County Library's Juneteenth celebration held at the A.C. Bilbrew Branch Library. After completing her Masters Degree in Library Science at the State University of New York at Albany, Ms. Wilkin was a school librarian and a children's librarian. As Children's...See more

Throughout her multifaceted career, Binnie Tate Wilkin has been a storyteller. Her presentations of African and American stories are still in demand. Yearly, she fulfills a standing invitation to entertain the public at the Los Angeles County Library's Juneteenth celebration held at the A.C. Bilbrew Branch Library. After completing her Masters Degree in Library Science at the State University of New York at Albany, Ms. Wilkin was a school librarian and a children's librarian. As Children's Specialist for the Los Angeles City Library, she received national attention for her creative participation in that library's federally funded outreach project. Subsequently, after writing several articles in library literature, Binnie Tate Wilkin was recruited to lecture at library schools throughout the country including: The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, California State University, Fullerton, The University of California, at Los Angeles and at Berkeley, and The University of Hawaii, Honolulu. See less