In Silence or Indifference by Wayne A. Wiegand - 9781496853073

In Silence or IndifferenceRacism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries\nAuthor(s): Wayne A. Wiegand\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781496853073, 978-1496853073\nSynopsis\nLibrarians 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 overlookedeven ignoredits 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. In Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries analyzes and critiques the world of professional librarianship between 1954 and 1974.\n\nWiegand begins by identifying racism in the practice and customs of public school libraries in the years leading .