The Resource Freedom libraries : the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South, Mike Selby
Freedom libraries : the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South, Mike Selby
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The item Freedom libraries : the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South, Mike Selby represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
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The item Freedom libraries : the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South, Mike Selby represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
- Summary
- "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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 193 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781538115534
- Label
- Freedom libraries : the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South
- Title
- Freedom libraries
- Title remainder
- the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South
- Statement of responsibility
- Mike Selby
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Selby, Mike
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mississippi Freedom Project
- African Americans and libraries
- Civil rights movements
- Label
- Freedom libraries : the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South, Mike Selby
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- on1091363892
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9781538115534
- Lccn
- 2019013884
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1091363892
- Label
- Freedom libraries : the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South, Mike Selby
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- on1091363892
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9781538115534
- Lccn
- 2019013884
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1091363892
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