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Fight for the right to read : Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike for library reading equality by Gottesfeld, Jeff 

BTSB Prebound(Creston Books, 2025)


Publication Date: 09/09/2025

BTSB #: 387807 Available

Dewey: 323/BAges: 7-13   


Subjects: Tucker, Samuel Wilbert,|d1913-1990 Civil rights demonstrations Civil rights workers - Virginia - Alexandria - Biography African Americans - Civil rights - Virginia - Alexandria - History Freedom of information Segregation in public libraries - Virginia - Alexandria - History Alexandria (Va.) - Biography


Summary: 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.


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