Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
James "Sammy" Bradford surrounded by police movements before his arrest at the Jackson Public Library on March 27, 1961.
The public library is largely considered free and open to all. As a “third space,” libraries are spaces for neighbors to read, learn and convene outside of home and work. But sixty years ago, that wasn’t the case. Public libraries were just as racially-segregated as other institutions like schools, public transit systems, restaurants and theaters. However, the fight to desegregate libraries is not nearly as well known. Kojo discusses the history of segregated libraries in the Washington region and how they led to larger civil rights movements.
Guests
- Wayne A. Wiegand Author, "The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism"
- Karim Khan Library Director, Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library
- Loida Garcia-Febo President-elect, American Library Association
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