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Control # 1 2019013884
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20240404140449.0
Fixed Data 8 190329s2019 mdua b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2019013884
ISBN 20    $a9781538115534$q(cloth :$qalk. paper)
ISBN 20    $z9781538115541$q(electronic)
Obsolete 39    $a325907$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
Geog. Area 43    $an-usu--$an-us-ms
LC Call 50 00 $aZ711.9$b.S45 2019
Dewey Class 82 00 $a027.6/309750904$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aSelby, Mike,$d1976-$eauthor.
Title 245 10 $aFreedom libraries :$bthe untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South /$cMike Selby.
Tag 264 264  1 $aLanham :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c[2019]
Phys Descrpt 300    $axiv, 193 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aThe 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.
Abstract 520    $a"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.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aAfrican Americans and libraries$zSouthern States$xHistory$y20th century.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aCivil rights movements$zSouthern States$xHistory$y20th century.
Subj:Corp 610 20 $aMississippi Freedom Project.