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Author:

Overbey, Tracey, author.

Title:

Narratives of (dis)enfranchisement : reckoning with the history of libraries and the Black and African American experience / Tracey Overbey and Amanda L. Folk.

Publisher:

ALA Editions,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

1 volume (x, 75 pages) ; 28 cm

Subject:

Libraries and Black people--United States.
African Americans and libraries.
Libraries--United States--History--20th century.
Critical race theory.
Multiculturalism.

Other Authors:

Folk, Amanda L., author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-70) and index.

Contents:

Preface -- Introduction -- The African roots of education and librarianship -- Public libraries -- School libraries -- Academic libraries -- Frameworks for exploring race and libraries -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"This report provides an overview of the historical exclusion and disenfranchisement of Blacks and African Americans from libraries and educational institutions in the United States and explores the ways in which the legacy of this exclusion manifests today"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

ALA Editions special report

ISBN:

0838937373
9780838937372

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1266354343

LCCN:

2022018686

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)