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This makes me so sad. The #library was a haven from my miserable, white trash childhood. I walked there nearly every day in summer, sometimes spending all day exploring every aisle. No one hassled me, I learned so much, it opened so many doors. #lgbtq #media #civilrights #freedom #idaho
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1dt4oi0/new_sign_in_idaho_public_libraries_requiring_a_id/
A real sign up in the lobby of an Idaho library warning children to stay out


Today in Labor History August 4, 1964: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21. They were activists with the Congress of Racial Equality promoting voting registration among African Americans. Seven Klu Klux Klan members, including Deputy Sheriff Price, were convicted.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #racism #kkk #KuKluxKlan #CivilRights #core #mississippi #murder
Missing persons poster created by the FBI in 1964, signed by the Director J. Edgar Hoover. Shows the photographs of Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner. By Federal Bureau of Investigation - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19407768