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

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In 1950 after three decades of exemplary service Brown was summarily dismissed from her job as librarian at the Bartlesville Oklahoma Public Library. Though the ostensible reason was circulating subversive materials Robbins (Library and Information studies U. of Wisconsin-Madison) says it was because she advocated racial equality and had helped form a group affiliated with the Congress of Racial Equality. She emphasizes the matrix of personal community state and national forces that can still lead to censorship intolerance and suppression. Annotation c. Book News Inc. Portland OR (booknews.com)