Pathways into the Library

by Aileen Easterbrook

FROM THE TIME he was a young boy, James Haskins always had a book in his hand. While other kids were outside playing ball, Jim was usually reading. He could be found in one of his favorite places: curled up underneath the kitchen table or up in the tree that grew in his front yard. Jim was born in Demopolis, Alabama, during the time of segregation. Because Jim was Black, he was not allowed to check out a single book at the public library. Libraries were for whites only. The laws of segregation separated Jim from all the books he longed to read. But Jim was determined. He read everything he could get his eyes on. He read all two hundred books in his school library. He read cereal boxes,…

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