The History of Public Library Access for African Americans in the South

David M. Battles

doi:10.5771/9781461672937

Summary

The story of the long struggle of African Americans 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 for access to public libraries in the South is not as well documented, with much of what has been written previously told in piecemeal fashion in short studies or confined to a particular southern state.

The History of Public Library Access for African Americans in the South: Or, Leaving Behind the Plow examines this subject in the context of the South as a cohesive region. It brings together and examines the three distinct fields involved in this history: Southern Studies, African American Studies, and Library Studies. How these three fields interact and influence one another inform the history of public library access for African Americans in the South.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-6247-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-7293-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 173
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Preface No access
Chapter 1: Early African American History: Becoming a Plow Hand No access Pages 1 - 6
Chapter 2: Precursors of Public Libraries in America No access Pages 7 - 9
Chapter 3: 1820s-Mid-1840s: Early African American Educational Efforts No access Pages 10 - 14
Chapter 4: Mid-1840s-1860s: From Bad to Worse No access Pages 15 - 18
Chapter 5: The 1870s: Birth Pangs of the Modem Public Library Movement No access Pages 19 - 22
Chapter 6: 1880s and 1890s: Dissipation of Newfound Rights No access Pages 23 - 26
Chapter 7: 1900-1910: The Rise of Segregated Public Libraries No access Pages 27 - 40
Chapter 8: 1911-1914: ALA Kaaterskill Conference No access Pages 41 - 46
Chapter 9: 1915-1925: Segregation Strengthens No access Pages 47 - 52
Chapter 10: 1921-1925: The New Negro Movement ALA Tries Again No access Pages 53 - 58
Chapter 11: 1926-Mid-1929: Calm before the Storm No access Pages 59 - 64
Chapter 12: Late 1929-1935: The Depression Years No access Pages 65 - 78
Chapter 13: 1936-1940: Depression, Part Two No access Pages 79 - 85
Chapter 14: 1941-1945: World War II No access Pages 86 - 91
Chapter 15: 1945-1950: "Victory Era" for Whom? No access Pages 92 - 102
Chapter 16: 1951-1955: Building toward Brown No access Pages 103 - 112
Chapter 17: 1956-1959: Post-Brown No access Pages 113 - 116
Chapter 18: 1960-1961: Civil Rights on the March No access Pages 117 - 123
Chapter 19: 1962-1963: ALA in Turmoil No access Pages 124 - 131
Chapter 20: 1964-1966 and Beyond: Civil Rights Realized No access Pages 132 - 139
Chapter 21: Conclusion: Casting Off the Yoke and Plow No access Pages 140 - 146
Works Cited No access Pages 147 - 154
Index No access Pages 155 - 172
About the Author No access Pages 173 - 173