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TABLE 5.-Federal funds allotted to Southern States under Library Services Act of

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1 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population: 1960, Advance Reports: Gen. Pop. Char. PC (A−2) (1961), including in term "rural" also communities of population under 10,000.

2 Source: Ibid.

3 Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Federal Funds for Education 1956-57 and 1957-58, p. 42.

Source: Letter From Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, May 10, 1961, and attachments.

2,035, 904

3, 188, 883

2, 964, 096 4, 311, 117

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Libraries Receiving Federal Funds Under the Library Services Act, 1956

State of

Actual location of library

Public Library

Description of total area served (town, county or other geographical area):

Type of and Availability of Facilities

(1) Type of service (check one):

single fixed location serving all races

single fixed location serving whites only

single fixed location serving Negroes only

single fixed location serving whites on certain days or during certain hours and serving Negroes on other days or at other hours

separate libraries or branches for whites and Negroes

one of the above (check which), plus bookmobile service

bookmobile service only

(2) If service is from a single fixed location serving all races, check any of the facilities below that are not open to Negroes during same hours as whites:

main reading room

main reference library (books not circulated)

main circulating library

restrooms

(3) If any of the facilities in question (2) above have been checked, check below any facilities that have been made available to Negroes on a separate or segregated basis within the library building, or at different

hours:

Reading room.

Reference library.

Circulating library.

Restrooms..

Separate place

Different hours

(4) If service is from one location for whites and a separate location for

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(b) Are the books at the Negro branch generally castoffs of the white library? Yes______

(5) If bookmobile service is provided, check all items below descriptive of such service:

service provided to both Negroes and whites at all locations

service provided at some locations to whites; at others to Negroes

separate bookmobiles serve whites and Negroes

no service to Negroes

Library Employment

(1) What is the source of recruitment for library personnel? (check applicable source):

State civil service

State library board

Local civil service

Local governing authority

Local library board

Other (specify)

(2) Are any library positions filled by means of written competitive examination?

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(a) If "yes," indicate below which positions are filled by means of a written competitive examination and how many of such positions there are.

(b) If "no," what criteria are used in selecting library employees?

(3) Fill in blanks under columns that are applicable to the type of service

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(4) If Negroes have applied for library positions and been rejected, indicate in the space below the type of positions applied for and reasons for rejection of the applications:

(5) In the columns applicable to the type of service provided, check the blanks to indicate any library positions for which Negroes would not be favorably considered for employment:

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Including works cited and abbreviations used

ABBOTT, "The Supreme Court and the Girard Will Case," 21 Ala. L. Rev. 227 (1960).

Ala. L. Rev.: abbreviation for Alabama Law Review.

Baltimore (Md.) Letter From Superintendent of Schools, To Commission on Civil Rights, Feb. 20, 1959.

BROWN, "Ladders to Improvement," Phelps-Stokes Fund, New York, N.Y., 1960.

Calif. L. Rev.: abbreviation for California Law Review.

California Hearings: See, Hearings in Los Angeles and San Francisco Before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1960.

CAMPBELL, When a City Closes Its Schools, University of North Carolina, 1960.

CATTON, "Where The Great Change Took Place," N.Y. Times Magazine, Feb. 5, 1961, p. 11.

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, League of Women Voters, Facts on Pupil Assignment in Chapel Hill School District, 1960.

Cong. Rec.: abbreviation for U.S. Congressional Record.

Connecticut, Commission on Civil Rights, "Diplomas not Dropouts," 3 Civil Rights Bulletin 1 (1961).

Cornell L. Q.: abbreviation for Cornell Law Quarterly.

CREGER, This Is What We Found, Lyle Stuart, N.Y., 1960.
CUBBERLEY, "Public Education in the United States," 1919.

"De Facto Segregation in the Chicago Public Schools," The Crisis, Feb. 1958, p. 89.

Detroit Hearings: See, Hearings in Detroit Before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1960.

DODSON, "Racial Imbalance in Public Education in New Rochelle, New York," The Center for Human Relations and Community Studies, School of Education, New York University, Dec. 1957 (Mimeographed).

DODSON, "Public Education in New York City in the Decade Ahead," Interpreting The Inner City, Human Relations Monograph 12, New York University, 1961.

DYKEMAN AND STOKELY, "The New Southerner; The Middle Class Negro," N.Y. Times Magazine, Aug. 9, 1959, p. 54.

EMERSON AND HEBER, Political and Civil Rights in the United States, 2d Ed., 1958.

Florida, Governor's Advisory Commission on Race Relations, Report to the Governor, Mar. 16, 1959.

FOSTER, "1960: Turning Point for Desegregation," 43 Saturday Review 52 (Dec. 7, 1960).

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