Freedom libraries : the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South
by Selby, Mike, 1976- (Author)
Summary
"Although illegal, racial segregation was strictly enforced in a number of American states, and public libraries were not immune. Numerous libraries were desegregated on paper only: there would be no cards given to African Americans, no books for them to read, and no furniture for them to use. It wa... Full description
- The American public library meets the Civil Rights Movement
- Mississippi: the people without books
- We are afraid: the Freedom Libraries
- White backlash: 35 shootings; 80 beatings; 65 bombings
- Alabama: books in the black belt
- Philadelphia: books by and for black people
- Arkansas: we are all connected
- Aftermath: the long dream.