Introduction -- The children's librarian and the Samuel Adams School -- Anti-communism in Massachusetts -- The Fifth Amendment in Norwood, Massachusetts -- Loyalty oaths, libraries, and Quakers in Pennsylvania -- Public funding for the local library: Quakers v. local officials -- "Citizens for Philbrick" anti-communist campaign to fire the librarian -- Fund for the republic: rewarding freedom or communists? -- Contempt of Congress -- National scrutiny -- Quakers and the House Un-American Activities Committee -- Legal and moral victories -- Epilogue.
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