[6] Due to this content, the book was accused of promoting racial integration and interracial marriage, and demands were made to ban it from public library shelves.

If it was to be seen as pro-integration, however, Reed argued that it was the library agency's responsibility to provide balanced information regarding racial integration.

Rather than remove the book from all library agency collections, Reed made the concession to have it placed on special reserve shelves where it would remain available to the interested public.

[8] Eddins was not pleased with this course of action and continued to challenge Reed, going so far as to threaten approval of her budget, bringing her before the Alabama legislature for questioning, and demanding her resignation.

[4] Later in that same year, she again angered segregationists when she distributed a reading list including other controversial titles such as Martin Luther King Jr.'s book, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.

Six years later, she became director of adult services at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland, a position she held until her retirement in 1977.

[6][2] During the time of The Rabbits' Wedding controversy, the American Library Association (ALA) remained silent on the issue and provided Reed no immediate assistance.

Florida Studio Theatre artistic director Richard Hopkins called it "probably the best Southern play I’ve read in 10 or 20 years".