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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Selby, Mike, 1976- author.     Subjects     Mississippi Freedom Project.     African Americans and libraries -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.     Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Selby, Mike, 1976- author.       by title:      Freedom libraries : ...         MARC Display

Freedom libraries : the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South / Mike Selby. by Selby, Mike, 1976- author. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] Subjects Mississippi Freedom Project.   African Americans and libraries -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.   Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781538115534 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) 1538115530 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) Description:  xiv, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 027.63097 Se Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 027.63097 Selby Checked In Add Copy to MyList Wahiawa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 027.63097 Se Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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