@book{9934,
  author = {Louise S. Robbins},
  title = {The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library},
  year = {2000},
  pages = {237 pp.},
  publisher = {University of Oklahoma Press},
  address = {Norman, OK},
  isbn = {9780585230146},
  note = {Received the 2004 Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award presented by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association every third year to recognize the best book written in English in the field.

Examines the dismissal of Ruth W. Brown in 1954 from the Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Public Library for circulating subversive materials.  Argues that the real cause was Brown's advocacy for racial equality.

Contents:
"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."},
  language = {English},
}