Fight for the right to read : Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 sit-down strike for library reading equality
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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