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Freedom Libraries: The Untold Story of Libraries for African Americans in the South
Hardcover
Black American HistoryGeneral ReferenceRegional: South
ISBN13: 9781538115534
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Oct 1 2019
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
This book delves into how Freedom Libraries were at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, and the remarkable courage of the people who used them. As the Civil Rights Movement exploded across the United States, numerous libraries were desegregated on paper only, and there was another virtually unheard of struggle-- the right to read.
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