| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-183) and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Black Libraries and White Attitudes, The Early Years: Birmingham and Mobile, 1918-1931; 2. Black Libraries and White Attitudes II: The Depression Years; 3. African-American Communities and the Black Public Library Movement, 1941-1954; 4. The Read-In Movement: Desegregating Alabama's Public Libraries, 1960-1963; 5. Librarians and the Civil Rights Movement, 1955-1965; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliographic Essay. |
| Summary |
A dramatic chapter in American cultural history. * Winner of the Alabama Library Association & rsquo;s Alabama Author Award for Nonfiction Patterson Toby Graham is Director of the Digital Library of Georgia at the University of Georgia in Athens. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans and libraries -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans and libraries. |
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Alabama. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Graham, Patterson Toby, 1969- Right to read. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2002 (DLC) 2001005918 |
| ISBN |
9780817313357 (electronic book) |
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0817313354 (electronic book) |
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0817311440 |
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9780817311445 |
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