TY  - BOOK
AU  - Battles,David M.
TI  - The history of public library access for African Americans in the South, or, Leaving behind the plow
SN  - 9780810862470 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - Z711.9 .B38 2009
U1  - 027.630975 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Scarecrow Press
KW  - African Americans and libraries
KW  - Southern States
KW  - History
KW  - Local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153) and index; Early African American history : becoming a plow hand -- Precursors of public libraries in America -- 1820s-mid-1840s : early African American educational efforts -- Mid-1840s-1860s : from bad to worse -- The 1870s : birth pangs of the modern public library movement -- 1880s and 1890s : dissipation of newfound rights -- 1900-1910 : the rise of segregated public libraries -- 1911-1914 : ALA Kaaterskill Conference -- 1915-1925 : segregation strengthens -- 1921-1925 : the new Negro movement ; ALA tries again -- 1926-mid-1929 : calm before the storm -- Late 1929-1935 : the Depression years -- 1936-1940 : Depression, part two -- 1941-1945 : World War II - 1945-1950 : "Victory era" for whom? -- 1951-1955 : building toward Brown -- 1956-1959 : post-Brown -- 1960-1961 : civil rights on the march -- 1962-1963 : ALA in turmoil -- 1964-1966 and beyond : civil rights realized -- Conclusion : casting off the yoke and plow
ER  -