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Indlæser... Freedom Libraries: The Untold Story of Libraries for African Americans in the South (udgave 2019)af Mike Selby (Forfatter)
Work InformationFreedom Libraries: The Untold Story of Libraries for African Americans in the South af Mike Selby
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. An interesting history of libraries established during the Freedom Summer of 1964 (most known for the murders of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman). The writer interviewed many people who participated (including Room 222 actress Denise Nicholas), and thus the material has a fresh immediacy and spontaneity. Because he is not an academic by training, however, it also has a few slips, but little that detracts. Today's readers will no doubt recall the libraries that sprung up during the Occupy Wall Street protests, and a chapter could have been spent on such subsequent efforts. ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
"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. No library descriptions found. |
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