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100 1  Selby, Mike,|d1976-|eauthor. 
245 10 Freedom libraries :|bthe untold story of libraries for 
       African Americans in the South /|cMike Selby. 
264  1 Lanham :|bRowman & Littlefield,|c[2019] 
300    xiv, 193 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
520    "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 was these exact conditions 
       that helped create Freedom Libraries. Over eighty of these
       parallel libraries appeared in the Deep South, staffed by 
       civil rights voter registration workers. While the 
       grassroots nature of the libraries meant they varied in 
       size and quality, all of them created the first encounter 
       many African Americans had with a library. Terror, 
       bombings, and eventually murder would be visited on the 
       Freedom Libraries--with people giving up their lives so 
       others could read a library book. This book delves into 
       how these libraries were the heart of the Civil Rights 
       Movement and the remarkable courage of the people who used
       them"--Back cover. 
610 20 Mississippi Freedom Project. 
650  0 African Americans and libraries|zSouthern States|xHistory
       |y20th century. 
650  0 Civil rights movements|zSouthern States|xHistory|y20th 
       century.