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03347aam a2200505 i 4500 001 13B502242DF711EAB868BF0597128E48 003 SILO 005 20200103010057 008 190329s2019 mdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019013884 020 $a 1538115530 020 $a 9781538115534 035 $a (OCoLC)1091363892 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d PPN $d OHI $d YDX $d MVU $d UKMGB $d EAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usu-- 050 00 $a Z711.9 $b .S45 2019 082 00 $a 027.6/309750904 $2 23 100 1 $a Selby, Mike, $d 1976- $e author. 245 10 $a Freedom libraries : $b the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South / $c Mike Selby. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2019] 300 $a xiv, 193 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index. 505 0 $a The American public library meets the Civil Rights Movement -- Mississippi: the people without books -- We are afraid: the Freedom Libraries -- White backlash: 35 shootings; 80 beatings; 65 bombings -- Alabama: books in the black belt -- Philadelphia: books by and for black people -- Arkansas: we are all connected -- Aftermath: the long dream. 520 $a "Although illegal, racial segregation was strictly enforced in a number of American states, and public libraries were not immune. Numerous libraries were desegregated on paper only: there would be no cards given to African Americans, no books for them to read, and no furniture for them to use. It was these exact conditions that helped create Freedom Libraries. Over eighty of these parallel libraries appeared in the Deep South, staffed by civil rights voter registration workers. While the grassroots nature of the libraries meant they varied in size and quality, all of them created the first encounter many African Americans had with a library. Terror, bombings, and eventually murder would be visited on the Freedom Libraries--with people giving up their lives so others could read a library book. This book delves into how these libraries were the heart of the Civil Rights Movement and the remarkable courage of the people who used them"--Back cover. 610 20 $a Mississippi Freedom Project. 610 27 $a Mississippi Freedom Project. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00626884 650 0 $a African Americans and libraries $z Southern States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Civil rights movements $z Southern States $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a African Americans and libraries. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799718 650 7 $a Civil rights movements. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862708 651 7 $a Southern States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244550 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Selby, Mike, 1976- author. $t Freedom libraries $d Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] $z 9781538115541 $w (DLC) 2019021202 941 $a 7 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214015206.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909054941.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20211201010514.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20210929010821.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20210723014929.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210406013817.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20210122010719.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=13B502242DF711EAB868BF0597128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search