The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library Entertainment_Gift_Guide A must-have for readers

A must-have for readers

While pretending to gain his trust

My Vanishing Country is an eye-opening journey through the South's past

Even if that means entering a twisting labyrinth of secret societies

daily lives

The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library Entertainment_Gift_Guide A must-have for readersIn 1950 Ruth W. Brown, librarian at the Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Public Library, was summarily dismissed from her job after thirty years of exemplary service, ostensibly because she had circulated subversive materials. In truth, however, Brown was fired because she had become active in promoting racial equality and had helped form a group affiliated with the Congress of Racial Equality. Louise S. Robbins tells the story of the political, social,