Item details: The desegregation of public libraries in the Jim Crow South : civil rights and local activism - 48231791

The desegregation of public libraries in the Jim Crow South : civil rights and local activism

text The desegregation of public libraries in the Jim Crow South : civil rights and local activism

Wiegand, Wayne A.

Summary: "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 ... Read more

Contents: 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 Ame... Read more

Format: text

Description: xii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press 2018

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	027.475 WIE in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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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 African Americans and libraries Civil rights movements Discrimination in public accommodations Public libraries Southern States Aufhebung Bürgerrechtsbewegung Öffentliche Bibliothek Rassentrennung

Wiegand, Wayne A. Wiegand, Shirley A.

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