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Unannounced and Unexpected: The Desegregation of Houston Public Library in the Early 1950s

Malone, Cheryl Knott

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Title
Unannounced and Unexpected: The Desegregation of Houston Public Library in the Early 1950s
Author(s)
Malone, Cheryl Knott
Issue Date
2007
Keyword(s)
  • Libraries and society
  • Public libraries
  • Desegregation
  • Race Relations
Abstract
Houston Public Library operated as a racially segregated system until 1953, when it quietly changed its policy to one of token integration. Occurring some seven years before the Houston Independent School District began to desegregate, the public library’s policy change depended on a few key individuals. Drawing on the library’s records of discussions and events, this article traces the history of a major shift in philosophy and practice at a large urban public library in the U.S. South.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/3712
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Copyright 2007 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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Library Trends 55 (3) Winter 2007: Libraries in Times of War, Revolution, and Social Change PRIMARY
Library Trends 55 (3) Winter 2007: Libraries in Times of War, Revolution, and Social Change. Edited by W. Boyd Rayward and Christine Jenkins.