Freedom Libraries: The Untold Story of Libraries for African Americans in the South.

Selby's book breaks the nearly complete silence of the past five decades regarding the Freedom Libraries' crucial role in civil rights history, not to mention American library history. Anyone directing a library, anyone working in a library, anyone using a library, and anyone paying taxes for library services should read this book. Selby avoids confining the Freedom Libraries and the Civil Rights Movement to the southern states. [Extracted from the article]