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

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

Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book

Cheryl Knott

322 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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 admittanc...

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