A right to read : segregation and civil rights in Alabama's public libraries, 1900-1965 /

Graham, Patterson Toby, 1969-

A right to read : segregation and civil rights in Alabama's public libraries, 1900-1965 / Patterson Toby Graham. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2002. - 1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-183) and index.

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Black Libraries and White Attitudes, The Early Years: Birmingham and Mobile, 1918-1931; 2. Black Libraries and White Attitudes II: The Depression Years; 3. African-American Communities and the Black Public Library Movement, 1941-1954; 4. The Read-In Movement: Desegregating Alabama's Public Libraries, 1960-1963; 5. Librarians and the Civil Rights Movement, 1955-1965; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliographic Essay.

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A dramatic chapter in American cultural history. * Winner of the Alabama Library Association's Alabama Author Award for Nonfiction Patterson Toby Graham is Director of the Digital Library of Georgia at the University of Georgia in Athens.


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African Americans and libraries--History--Alabama--20th century.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Alabama--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Alabama--20th century.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Library & Information Science--Archives & Special Libraries.
African Americans and libraries.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
Bibliothèques et Noirs américains--Histoire--Alabama--20e siècle.
Noirs américains--Droits--Histoire--Alabama--20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme--Histoire--Alabama--20e siècle.


Alabama.


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