Fight for the Right to Read
Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike for Library Reading Equality
Published on 9. September 2025
Book
Hardback
36 pages
978-1-954354-33-3 (ISBN)
Description
Award-winning author Jeff Gottesfeld and #OwnVoices co-writer Michelle Y. Green introduce us to another important historical figure who deserves to be better known.
Along with illustrator Kim Holt, Gottesfeld and Green bring vibrant life to the story of Wilbert Tucker who grew up in the segregated South and became a lawyer who loved to read. In 1939, he organized a sit-down-in-the-library protest to fight for the right to read along with the rest of the public. It took many court cases and years of fighting, but Tucker fought with words and conviction until everyone could sit and read in the public library.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Seventh Grade, Reading Age: From 9 to 10 years, Interest Age: From 7 to 13 years
Product notice
Picture book
Trade binding
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 282 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-954354-33-3 (9781954354333)
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Persons
Jeff Gottesfeld writes for page, stage, screen, and television. He's won many awards, including ones from the American Library Association, the Association of Jewish Libraries, and the Writer's Guild. His most recent title The Christmas Mitzvah was named a Sydney Taylor Honor Book. He currently lives in Los Angeles.