Title: The desegregation of public libraries in the Jim Crow South : civil rights and local activism /
Authors: Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946-; Wiegand, Shirley A.
Year: 2018
Subjects: African Americans and libraries Southern States History; Discrimination in public accommodations Southern States History; Public libraries Southern States History; Civil rights movements Southern States History; African Americans and libraries; Civil rights movements; Discrimination in public accommodations; Public libraries; Southern States
Abstract: "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 segregation in libraries. In particular, the willingness of young black community members to take part in organized protests and direct actions ensured that local libraries would become genuinely free to all citizens."--
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 -- Appendix: selected list of public library protesters.