Book club discussion kit. civil rights, censorship, and the American library / The dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown
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Published
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2022.
Format
CD
ISBN
9780806133140
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in container
Status
Waseca Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
Book Club Bag 921 Brown
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Book Club Bag 921 Brown
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Published
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2022.
Language
English
ISBN
9780806133140
Notes
General Note
Title and statement of responsibility from book title page.
General Note
Includes discussion questions.
General Note
Waseca-Le Sueur Regional Library System. Includes 12 copies.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Book in bag is published by Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2000.
Description
In 1950 Ruth W. Brown, librarian at the Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Public Library, was summarily dismissed from her job after thirty years of exemplary service, ostensibly because she had circulated subversive materials. In truth, however, Brown was fired because she had become active in promoting racial equality and had helped form a group affiliated with the Congress of Racial Equality. This episode in a small Oklahoma town almost a half-century ago is more than a disturbing local event. It exemplifies the McCarthy era, foregrounding those who labored for racial justice, sometimes at great cost, before the civil rights movement. In addition, it reveals a masking of concerns that led even Brown's allies to obscure the cause of racial integration for which she fought. Relevant today, Ruth Brown's story helps us understand the matrix of personal, community, state, and national forces that can lead to censorship, intolerance, and the suppression of individual rights. (Inspiration for the 1956 Bette Davis film Storm Center.).
Awards
Willa Literary Award for nonfiction, 2001.
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans and libraries -- Oklahoma -- Bartlesville -- History -- 20th century.
Bartlesville Public Library (Bartlesville, Okla.) -- History -- 20th century.
Brown, Ruth Winifred.
Case studies.
Civil rights workers -- Employment -- Oklahoma -- Bartlesville -- History -- 20th century.
History.
Libraries and communism -- Oklahoma -- Bartlesville -- History -- 20th century.
Public librarians -- Employment -- Oklahoma -- Bartlesville -- History -- 20th century.
Public libraries -- Censorship -- Case studies.
Public libraries -- Censorship -- Oklahoma -- Bartlesville -- History -- 20th century.
Sound recordings.
Bartlesville Public Library (Bartlesville, Okla.) -- History -- 20th century.
Brown, Ruth Winifred.
Case studies.
Civil rights workers -- Employment -- Oklahoma -- Bartlesville -- History -- 20th century.
History.
Libraries and communism -- Oklahoma -- Bartlesville -- History -- 20th century.
Public librarians -- Employment -- Oklahoma -- Bartlesville -- History -- 20th century.
Public libraries -- Censorship -- Case studies.
Public libraries -- Censorship -- Oklahoma -- Bartlesville -- History -- 20th century.
Sound recordings.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Robbins, L. S. (2022). Book club discussion kit: civil rights, censorship, and the American library . [publisher not identified].
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Robbins, Louise S.. 2022. Book Club Discussion Kit: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified].
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Robbins, Louise S.. Book Club Discussion Kit: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Robbins, Louise S.. Book Club Discussion Kit: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library [publisher not identified], 2022.
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