LEADER 00000cam 2200361 i 4500 003 OCoLC 005 20191210093906.0 008 190329s2019 mdua b 001 0 eng 010 2019013884 015 GBB9I0558|2bnb 016 7 019601081|2Uk 020 9781538115534|qhardcover|qalkaline paper 020 1538115530|qhardcover|qalkaline paper 035 (OCoLC)1091363892 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dBDX|dPPN|dOHI|dYDX|dMVU |dUKMGB|dEAU|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-usu-- 092 027.630975|bSEL 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.
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