The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library

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."