The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South : : Civil Rights and Local Activism
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Jim Crow public libraries before 1954 -- Rumbles of discontent before 1960 -- Memphis, Tennessee, and Greenville, South Carolina -- Petersburg and Danville, Virginia -- Alabama -- Georgia -- Mississippi -- Black youth in rural Louisiana -- The American Library Association -- Appendix: selected list of public library protesters.
"Wayne A. and Shirley A. Wiegand tell the comprehensive story of the integration of southern public libraries. As in other efforts to integrate civic institutions in the 1950s and 1960s, the determination of local activists won the battle against segregation in libraries. In particular, the willingness of young black community members to take part in organized protests and direct actions ensured that local libraries would become genuinely free to all citizens."-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]
Year Published: 2018
Description: xii, 266 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780807168677
080716867X
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Wiegand, Shirley A.,
SUBJECTS
African Americans and libraries -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Discrimination in public accommodations -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Public libraries -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.