The Parent Teacher Association of the segregated Hooper-Renwick School opened the Mack Haygood Public Library on May 30, 1958 in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
[6] The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 greatly impacted the Mack Haygood Public Library.
At first, the Mack Haygood branch remained open, allowing the white libraries being desegregated in policy but not practice.
The Gwinnett County Library Board of Trustees voted to close the Mack Haygood Branch on March 1, 1967.
As an alternative to segregated branches, the County's bus mobile service shifted to focus on serving the Black community.