Contribution to Book
Librarians and Social Movements
Gathering at the waters, embracing our spirits, telling our stories. Proceedings of the First National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color. October 11-15, 2006, Dallas, Texas
(2006)
Abstract
Throughout all of human history there have been individuals and groups of people whose commitment to human justice has allowed them to transcend superficial differences that have often divided people. In our own troubled history in the United States, this has been true. Some Euro-Americans organized the abolitionist movement to fight against white privileges embodied in custom and law. Some men joined forces with women for voting rights. Leftists of various persuasions helped black brothers and sisters in the Civil Rights Movement. Members of all races and ethnicities supported gay rights. Librarians and other book people have been a vital part of all these transcendent movements. Where do we go now? What future do lovers of all humanity envision? How can we join forces to build that future? What obstacles do we face? A panel of librarians from the Progressive Librarians Guild and the American Library Association’s (ALA) Social Responsibility Round Table will address these and other questions.
Keywords
- librarians and social movements,
- REFORMA,
- Social Responsibilities Roundtable of the American Library Association,
- Progressive Librarians Guild
Disciplines
Publication Date
2006
Editor
Gladys Smiley Bell
Publisher
Hall-Erickson, Inc
Citation Information
Elaine Harger, Kathleen de la Peña McCook and Isabel R Espinal. "Librarians and Social Movements" Gathering at the waters, embracing our spirits, telling our stories. Proceedings of the First National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color. October 11-15, 2006, Dallas, Texas (2006) p. 8 - 18 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/isabel_espinal/18/