9780806131634-0806131632-The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library

The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library

ISBN-13: 9780806131634
ISBN-10: 0806131632
Author: Louise S. Robbins
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
Format: Hardcover 237 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780806131634
ISBN-10: 0806131632
Author: Louise S. Robbins
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
Format: Hardcover 237 pages

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The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library (ISBN-13: 9780806131634 and ISBN-10: 0806131632), written by authors Louise S. Robbins, was published by Univ of Oklahoma Pr in 1999. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other State & Local (United States History, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used State & Local books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.85.

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In 1950, after three decades of exemplary service, Brown was summarily dismissed from her job as librarian at the Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Public Library. Though the ostensible reason was circulating subversive materials, Robbins (Library and Information studies, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) says it was because she advocated racial equality and had helped form a group affiliated with the Congress of Racial Equality. She emphasizes the matrix of personal, community, state, and national forces that can still lead to censorship, intolerance, and suppression. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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