Meridian-Lauderdale County Public Library Building, Meridian, Mississippi Editorial Image

The 13th Street St. Colored Branch was a segregated public library established by the city of Meridian, Mississippi, in 1912 and opened in March 1913.It was one of the first free public libraries for African Americans in the state of Mississippi and one of twelve segregated libraries Andrew Carnegie funded during his library philanthropy program of the early twentieth century.