Freedom Libraries: The Untold Story of Libraries for African Americans in the South

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.

• | Author: Mike Selby
• | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• | Publication Date: October 01, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 208 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1538115530
• | ISBN-13: 9781538115534