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The desegregation of public libraries in the Jim Crow South : civil rights and local activism / Wayne A. Wiegand, Shirley A. Wiegand.

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In The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South, 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 battl...

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Main Authors: Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946- (Author), Wiegand, Shirley A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
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.
History.
Table of 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 American Library Association
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix : selected list of public library protesters.

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