Dallas Hanbury

The 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.

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Produktdetails

• New Studies in Southern History
• 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