In The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South, Wayne A. and Shirley A. Wiegand tell the comprehensive story of the integration of southern publ

In The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South, Wayne A. and Shirley A. Wiegand tell the comprehensive story of the integration of southern publ

Americans tend to imagine their public libraries as time-honored advocates of equitable access to information for all. Through much of the twentieth century, ho

Finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction: “Nicholas Carr has written a Silent Spring for the literary mind.”—Michael Agger, Slate “Is

A Right to Read is the first book to examine public library segregation from its origins in the late 19th century through its end during the tumultuous years of