Dallas Hanbury

Development of Southern Public Libraries and the African American Quest for Library Access, 1898-1963

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the history of Southern public libraries’ development from 1898–1963. It analyzes their role in institutionalizing segregation, their complex and protracted efforts to integrate these institutions, and their post-integration attempts to deal with the consequences of having practiced segregation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 279g
• ISBN-13: 9781498586306
• ISBN-10: 1498586309
• Artikelnr.: 67792704

Autorenporträt

Dallas Hanbury received his PhD in public history from Middle Tennessee State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter I: Reconstruction, Redemption, And Rebirth: Southern Public Library
Development During The New South Era
Chapter II: A New Vision, A New South: Southern Public Library
Development, 1890-1950
Chapter III: "Library Users Are Seekers Of Knowledge": Developing African
American Library Service And Educating Black Librarians
Chapter IV: "It Is Simply Out Of The Question To Eliminate The Colorline":
The Development Of Black Library Service In Atlanta And The Integration Of
The Atlanta Public Library
Chapter V: "The Library Cannot Be Opened Indiscriminately To White People
And Negroes": Nashville And The Quest For Integrated Library Service
Chapter VI: "This We Believe": Local Black Activism, The National Civil
Rights Movement, And The Integration Of The Birmingham Public Library