[1]: 28 It was founded on April 20–21, 1934, at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, with Mollie Huston Lee and A. P. Marshall two of the original founders.
[1]: 31 The membership of NCNLA were invited guests to an NCLA annual meeting on April 26–27, 1951 and over 85 black librarians attended.
[5][1]: 35 The two associations merged in 1955 after the NCNLA voted in the recommendations of the Committee on Redesignation at their annual meeting on November 5–6, 1954 under the guidance of Constance Hill Marteena.
[6][1]: 36 NCNLA had their last official meeting as an independent group on November 4–5, 1955 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
[8] Dr. Phinazee commented on her presidency, In other states... the orderly process of integration involved a merger of associations like these.