Emily Wheelock Reed | |
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Born | 1910 |
Died | May 19, 2000 (aged 89)[1] Cockeysville, Maryland, U.S. |
Alma mater | Indiana University Bloomington University of Michigan |
Occupation | Librarian |
Known for | civil rights activism |
Emily Wheelock Reed (1910 – May 19, 2000) was a librarian in Alabama who served as director of the Alabama Public Library Service Division during the civil rights movement. She stood up to segregationists seeking to remove books such as the 1958 Garth Williams children's book, The Rabbits' Wedding, from state libraries.