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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gottesfeld, Jeff (Author), Green, Michelle Y. (Author)
Other Authors: Holt, Kim, 1968- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : Creston Books, [2025]
Subjects:
Tucker, Samuel Wilbert, > 1913-1990 > Juvenile literature.
Lawyers > Virginia > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers > Virginia > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Segregation > Virginia > Alexandria > History > Juvenile literature.
Public libraries > Virginia > Alexandria > Juvenile literature.
Libraries and Black people > Virginia > Alexandria > Juvenile literature.
African Americans and libraries > Virginia > Alexandria > Juvenile literature.
Intellectual freedom > Juvenile literature.
Freedom of information > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights demonstrations > Virginia > Alexandria > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements > Virginia > Alexandria > Juvenile literature.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > Virginie > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Ségrégation > Virginie > Alexandria > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Bibliothèques publiques > Virginie > Alexandria > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Liberté de pensée > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Liberté d'information > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Manifestations pour les droits de l'homme > Virginie > Alexandria > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Virginie > Alexandria > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Bibliothèques et personnes noires > Virginie > Alexandria > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Bibliothèques et Noirs américains > Virginie > Alexandria > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Biographies.
Picture books.

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