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- catalog abstract "In 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. This episode in a small Oklahoma town almost a half-century ago is more than a disturbing local event. It exemplifies the McCarthy era, foregrounding those who labored for racial justice, sometimes at great cost, before the civil rights movement. In addition, it reveals a masking of concerns that led even Brown's allies to obscure the cause of racial integration for which she fought. Relevant today, Ruth Brown's story helps us understand the matrix of personal, community, state, and national forces that can lead to censorship, intolerance, and the suppression of individual rights. (Inspiration for the 1956 Bette Davis film Storm Center.)".
- catalog contributor b11574043.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""America's Ideal Family Center," Its Librarian, and Her Library -- Hastening the Day -- The Many Friends of Miss Brown -- The Cleanup -- "Fighting McCarthyism through Film": The Ruth Brown Episode According to Hollywood -- "Only a Skirmish."".
- catalog description "In 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. This episode in a small Oklahoma town almost a half-century ago is more than a disturbing local event. It exemplifies the McCarthy era, foregrounding those who labored for racial justice, sometimes at great cost, before the civil rights movement. In addition, it reveals a masking of concerns that led even Brown's allies to obscure the cause of racial integration for which she fought. Relevant today, Ruth Brown's story helps us understand the matrix of personal, community, state, and national forces that can lead to censorship, intolerance, and the suppression of individual rights. (Inspiration for the 1956 Bette Davis film Storm Center.)".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-222) and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 237 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0806131632 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0806133147 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog spatial "Oklahoma Bartlesville".
- catalog subject "020/.896076696 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans and libraries Oklahoma Bartlesville History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Bartlesville Public Library (Bartlesville, Okla.) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Brown, Ruth Winifred.".
- catalog subject "Civil rights workers Employment Oklahoma Bartlesville History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Libraries and communism Oklahoma Bartlesville History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Public librarians Employment Oklahoma Bartlesville History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Public libraries Censorship Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Public libraries Censorship Oklahoma Bartlesville History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Z733.B283 R63 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents ""America's Ideal Family Center," Its Librarian, and Her Library -- Hastening the Day -- The Many Friends of Miss Brown -- The Cleanup -- "Fighting McCarthyism through Film": The Ruth Brown Episode According to Hollywood -- "Only a Skirmish."".
- catalog title "The dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown : civil rights, censorship, and the American library / by Louise S. Robbins.".
- catalog type "text".