Not Free, Not for All

“An illuminating account of the development and demise of separate public libraries for African Americans in the South during the era of segregation.” — The Journal of American Culture Winner of the Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award and the 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 allowe