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03513aam a2200445 i 4500 001 B03FC1A6A39211ED924352D529ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230203011453 008 211117s2022 mauab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021054537 020 $a 1625346573 020 $a 9781625346575 020 $a 1625346581 020 $a 9781625346582 035 $a (OCoLC)1285121224 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d YDX $d PAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-va 050 00 $a Z733 A37 M58 2022 100 1 $a Mitchell-Powell, Brenda, $e author. 245 10 $a Public in name only : $b the 1939 Alexandria Library sit-in demonstration / $c Brenda Mitchell-Powell. 264 1 $a Amherst : $b University of Massachusetts Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xiv, 248 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in print culture and the history of the book 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "When Alexandria, Virginia's first public library was constructed just a few blocks from his home, Samuel Wilbert Tucker, a young, Black attorney, was appalled to learn that he could not use the library because of his race. Inspired by the legal successes of the NAACP in discrimination cases, he organized a grassroots protest to desegregate the library that his tax dollars supported. Public in Name Only tells the important, but largely forgotten, story of Tucker and a group of Black citizens who agitated for change in the terms and conditions of their lives. Employing the combined strategies of direct-action public protest, nonviolent civil disobedience, and municipal litigation, Tucker's initiative dovetailed with the national priorities and tactics of larger civil rights organizations. While Tucker's campaign did not end with the desegregation of the Alexandria Library, but instead resulted in the creation of a 'separate-and-unequal' Jim Crow Black branch, the sit-in demonstration represents a momentous early struggle for racial equity waged through civil rights activism"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 00 $g ch. Eight $g ch. One $t What Happened? What Changed?. $g ch. Two $t Bold Beginnings: The NAACP, Samuel Wilbert Tucker, and the Quest for Educational Equity -- $g ch. Three $t Prelude to the Sit-In, Part One: History of the City of Alexandria -- $g ch. Four $t History as Context: The Era of Jim Crow -- $g ch. Five $t Prelude to the Sit-In, Part Two: The Genesis of the Alexandria Library -- $g ch. Six $t Prelude to the Sit-In, Part Three: Premises and Rationales -- $g ch. Seven $t A Seat at the Reading Table: The 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-in Demonstration -- $g ch. Eight $t What Happened? What Changed?. 610 20 $a Alexandria Library (Alexandria, Va.) $x History. 650 0 $a Civil rights demonstrations $z Alexandria $z Alexandria $x History. 600 10 $a Tucker, Samuel Wilbert, $d 1913-1990. 650 0 $a Public libraries $z Alexandria $z Alexandria $x History. 650 0 $a African Americans and libraries $z Alexandria. $z Alexandria. 650 0 $a Segregation $z Alexandria. $z Alexandria. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Mitchell-Powell, Brenda. $t Public in name only. $d Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2022 $z 9781613769355 $w (DLC) 2021054538 830 0 $a Studies in print culture and the history of the book. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117024911.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302020453.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B03FC1A6A39211ED924352D529ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search