Mike Selby

Freedom Libraries

The Untold Story of Libraries for African Americans in the South

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book delves into how Freedom Libraries were at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, and the remarkable courage of the people who used them. As the Civil Rights Movement exploded across the United States, numerous libraries were desegregated on paper only, and there was another virtually unheard of struggle- the right to read.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781538115534
• ISBN-10: 1538115530
• Artikelnr.: 56151482

Autorenporträt

By Mike Selby

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1.The American Public Library Meets the Civil
Rights Movement 2.Mississippi: The People Without Books 3.We Are Afraid:
The Freedom Libraries 4.White Backlash: 35 Shootings; 80 Beatings; 65
Bombings 5.Alabama: Books in the Black Belt 6.Philadelphia: Books by and
For Black People 7.Arkansas: We Are All Connected 8.Aftermath: The Long
Dream Notes Bibliography Index About the Author