ILLUSTRATIONS

Louisville Public Library Children’s Room, 1928

Sit-in arrest at the Alexandria, Virginia, Library, August 21, 1939

Jesse H. and Allegra W. Turner

Petersburg chief of police W. E. Traylor serving warrant on Lillian Pride, March 7, 1960

African Americans assembling at Petersburg Courthouse, March 8, 1960

Miles College student speaking to Birmingham public librarians, April 10, 1963

Sit-in at the Birmingham Public Library, April 10, 1963

Albany Public Library, closed during summer 1962

James “Sammy” Bradford surrounded by police in Jackson Public Library, March 27, 1961

Police escorting “Tougaloo Nine” from Jackson Public Library, March 27, 1961

Mug shots of “Tougaloo Nine,” March 27, 1961

Clara Stanton Jones, first African American president of the American Library Association, addressing the ALA Council, summer 1978