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9780806131634

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780806131634

  • ISBN10:

    0806131632

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-12-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $29.95

Author Biography

Louise S. Robbins is Associate Professor and Director, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Preface xi
List of Abbreviations
2(1)
Introduction 3(7)
``America's Ideal Family Center,'' Its Librarian, and Her Library
10(35)
Hastening the Day
45(31)
The Many Friends of Miss Brown
76(22)
The Cleanup
98(30)
``Fighting McCarthyism through Film'': The Ruth Brown Episode According to Hollywood
128(26)
``Only a Skirmish''
154(12)
Epilogue. Telling the Ruth Brown Story: A Personal Journey 166(14)
Notes 180(31)
Bibliography 211(12)
Index 223

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