| Hosted by | New Haven Free Public Library |
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| Details | Out of Obscurity details one of the many little known, but nonetheless important, episodes in civil rights history. In the 1930s public facilities were segregated throughout the South. There were separate schools and restaurants for blacks and whites. Blacks weren’t even allowed to try on clothes in many department stores. Some places had three restrooms; one labeled “white ladies,” another “colored women” and the third for “white men.” Blacks were banned from using the libraries. Recognizing the importance of public libraries as centers of information and a place where poor people could educate themselves, a handful of brave youths decided to challenge this ban and learn about desegregation in a library in Alexandria, Virginia in 1939. For more details on the film: https://newsreel.org/video/OUT-OF-OBSCURITY Discussion to follow screening with Robert Kinney, Public Services Administrator new Haven Free Public Library.. Refreshments will be served. For more info about the program at the NHFPL call 203 – 946-8130 |
| Admission | FREE |
| Location | New Haven Free Public Library |
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| More Info | info link |