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The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism

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"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."--

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The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism 2018, LSU Press, Baton Rouge

ISBN-13: 9780807168677

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