Book Review: A Right to Read; Segregation and Civil Rights in Alabama’s Public Libraries, 1900-1965

Abstract

Examines the civil rights movement aimed at securing black Americans' right to read in public libraries of the South. Explores black libraries and white attitudes in Birmingham and Mobile, 1918-31; black libraries and white attitudes during the Depression years; African-American communities and the black public library movement, 1941-54; the read-in movement and the process of desegregating Alabama's public libraries, 1960-63; and the role of librarians in the civil rights movement, 1955-65. Graham is Head of Special Collections at the University of Southern Mississippi. Bibliographic essay; index.