Fight for the right to read : Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike for library reading equality /
"Banning people from libraries is even worse than banning books! Decades before the Civil Rights Movement, Samuel Wilbert Tucker, a Black lawyer in Virginia, organized a peaceful read-in at the local public library, which was segregated. He wanted to affirm the right of everyone to use the libr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, CA :
Creston Books,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "Banning people from libraries is even worse than banning books! Decades before the Civil Rights Movement, Samuel Wilbert Tucker, a Black lawyer in Virginia, organized a peaceful read-in at the local public library, which was segregated. He wanted to affirm the right of everyone to use the library. Thanks to efforts like his, we can all sit at a table, any table, pick up a book, any book, and read."--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm |
| Audience: | 007-013. 2-8. |
| Awards: | Notable Children's Trade Book/Social Studies, 2026 |
| ISBN: | 9781954354333 1954354339 |