Not Free, Not for All: Public Libraries in the Age of Jim Crow

by Cheryl Knott

Winner of the 2016 Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award and the 2016 Lillian Smith Book Award
Americans tend to imagine their public libraries as time-honored advocates of equitable access to information for all. Through much of the twentieth century, however, many black Americans were denied access to public libraries or allowed admittance only to separate and smaller buildings and collections. While scholars have examined and continue to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625341784
• ISBN13: 9781625341785
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher