{"product_id":"in-silence-or-indifference-racism-and-jim-crow-segregated-public-school-libraries-hardcover","title":"In Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWayne A. Wiegand\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLibrarians around the country are currently on a battleground, defending their right to purchase and circulate books dealing with issues of race and systemic racism. Despite this work, the library community has often overlooked--even ignored--its own history of White supremacy and deliberate inaction on the part of White librarians and library leadership. Author Wayne A. Wiegand takes a crucial step to amend this historical record. \u003ci\u003eIn Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes and critiques the world of professional librarianship between 1954 and 1974. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWiegand begins by identifying racism in the practice and customs of public school libraries in the years leading up to the \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education \u003c\/i\u003edecision. This culture permeated the next two decades, as subsequent Supreme Court decisions led to feeble and mostly unsuccessful attempts to integrate Jim Crow public schools and their libraries. During this same period, the profession was honing its national image as a defender of intellectual freedom, a proponent of the freedom to read, and an opponent of censorship. Still, the community did not take any unified action to support \u003ci\u003eBrown\u003c\/i\u003e or to visibly oppose racial segregation. As Black school librarians and their Black patrons suffered through the humiliations and hostility of the Jim Crow educational establishment, the American library community remained largely ambivalent and silent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book brings to light a distressing history that continues to impact the library community, its students, and its patrons. Currently available school library literature skews the historical perspective that informs the present. \u003ci\u003eIn Silence or Indifference \u003c\/i\u003eis the first attempt to establish historical accountability for the systemic racism contemporary school librarianship inherited in the twenty-first century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWayne A. Wiegand\u003c\/b\u003e is F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies Emeritus at Florida State University. Often referred to as \"the Dean of American library historians,\" he is author of many scholarly articles and books, including \u003ci\u003eIrrepressible Reformer: A Biography of Melvil Dewe\u003c\/i\u003ey; \u003ci\u003ePart of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Public School Librarianship: A History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 249\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52030166565165,"sku":"9781496853066","price":147.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/EI_jCv9GE59781496853066.webp?v=1777502832","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/in-silence-or-indifference-racism-and-jim-crow-segregated-public-school-libraries-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}