The American Library Association Liberty and Justice Book Awards

• Other Authors: Murphy, John J. S. (authoraut)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: American Library Association; American literature; American literature > Competitions; Awards; Civil rights in literature; Literary prizes
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_akd9319

The purpose of this paper is to present background information related to the establishment of the American Library Association Liberty and Justice Book Awards program; to give a factual description of the awards program including criteria for selection, specifications, and procedures; to compile critical comments on the awards program as found in professional literature; to describe the award-winning books; to analyze reviewers' criticisms of the award-winning books, as available in the major book-reviewing media; to describe the authors receiving the awards; and to report on comments of the authors receiving the awards, in relation to their opinions concerning the values and results of the awards program"--Introduction. === Typescript. === "January, 1960." === "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." === Advisor: Sara Krentzman Srygley, Professor Directing Paper. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-118).