| International Standard Book Number |
9781538115541 (electronic book)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781538115534 (hardback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1538115530 (hardback)
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| Personal Name |
Selby, Mike, 1976- author.
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| Title Statement |
Freedom libraries : the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South / Mike Selby.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
©2019.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
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| Physical Description |
xiv, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent.
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia.
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
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.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"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 courage of the people who used them"--Back cover.
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| Subject |
Mississippi Freedom Project.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Civil rights movements Southern States History 20th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African Americans and libraries Southern States History 20th century.
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| Added Entry, Corporate Name |
Rowman and Littlefield, Inc., publisher.
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| Location |
027.6 SEL 31662001738707
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