The History of Public Library Access for African Americans in the South, Or, Leaving Behind the Plow

• Author(s): David M. Battles,
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Pages: 173
• ISBN_10: 0810862476
  ISBN_13: 9780810862470
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / United States / 19th Century , History / United States / 20th Century , Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies ,

Description:... The story of African Americans' long struggle to attain civil rights, particularly in the South, is well documented. The story of the public library movement in America is also well documented. However, the story of the African American struggle to access public libraries in the South is limited; much of what has been written was told in piecemeal fashion in short studies or confined to a particular southern state.