Free Books Free Minds is a newly installed big yellow framed box holding donated books, magazines &…read moreother media. These are meant to be exchanged for "donated" medium. "Fred Korematsu Speaks Up" wasn't from here. I borrowed it from the local library. By Laura Atkins & Stan Yogi, the book explains the events leading to Fred Korematsu being awarded the Presidents Medal of Freedom in '98 by Pres. Bill Clinton. The seeds of anti-Asian animus was planted when white miners objected to Chinese migrants mining gold in Ca. During the gold rush. It culminated in Executive Order #9066 by F.D.R. ordering the evacuation of all Japanese aliens & Japanese Americans from the west coast. Fred Korematsu did not evacuate. He Was arrested. The A.C.L.U. Defended him up to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled in Korematsu vs. U.S. that it was a "military necessity" for him & Japanese Americans to be evacuated, that no civil rights were violated. In 1983 Jeremy Irons & researcher Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga found evidence in the National Archive to warrant an hearing. With Fred's consent, an appeal was made. The writ of coram nobis was granted, overturning Fred's conviction. The writ revealed that government lawyers had suppressed evidence that the Japanese Americans posed no threat, that they were loyal citizens. Jan. 30th is celebrated as Fred Korematsu Day. *May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

this light brown wooden library (#0852) has an acorn-like top. it contains the usual types of…read morenonfiction & fiction books. reads: "The Negro in the Making of America" (Benjamin Quarles)1964 *.. chronicles noted Negro experience in America: -a needed involuntary work force during America's founding era. -fought in the Revolutionary Wars for whomever permitted them. -their slave labor in the South was instrumental for it's economy -free man (north & south) were craft artisans. -Civil War conclusion saw a few years when Negros were free in the South -when Northern industrialists wanted to do more business with the South, they steered the Republican Party away from supporting freed Negros legislatively in the south. -when H. Hoover ignored Negros during the great depression, they backed FDR in 1932 for president. -Negros became integrated into the military during WW2 after performing very well in some military actions. -post WW2, Negro equality was resisted in the South: *started by White Citizens' Council **aided by US Supreme Court ruling cases favorably for the South. **economic reprisals against whites & Negros who favored integration. -closing public integrated schools, opening private segregated schools supported by public funds -defunding Negro-improvement organizations (NAACP, Urban League) and prohibiting them from lending legal services in segregation cases. -violence against individual Negros and/or neighborhoods. -since the 1950's, sit-ins, freedom rides, nonviolent anti-segregation protests etc. evolved actions paving a path for equality for Negros.

this totally white library is named "Lower Bottoms Mini Library". per it's name. there's just a few…read morenonfiction and children's books within., read: "The Color Purple" (Alice Walker) -book is written in epistolary style: i.e. all written in letters from Celie to God & her sister Nettie and her replies back. -Celie is the main character. at an young age she was the subject of rape by her father. 2 children therefrom eventually disappeared. -al Black women in the book are initially mistreated by society in general and by men specifically. -when the women began helping each other, their collective futures prospered. sisterhood & feminism is an evolving theme. -at the novel's end, Celie was reunited with her sister & 2 children as well.

This trinket trade box is on 20th Ave, between Pacheco and Quintara. Plenty of parking in the area…read moreso just park anywhere and walk to it First of all, the box is painted a gorgeous purple/blue! I love seeing how owners decorate and set up the boxes! The inside wall is a mirror which gives it such a cool effect Open up for lots of treasures, cute stuff. I found socks, ton of beaded bracelets, stickers, toys, even smaller pull out drawers for SMALL trinkets. Pretty nicely organized! Big thanks for the owner for setting this up for everyone. As I was checking it out, an older gentleman walking by asked me what this box was and I was happy to explain it to him. Fascinating and lovely isn't it?

this Little Town Library is located in front of Liberation Park. it's the lst location of Stephen &…read moreAyesha Curry's Eat.Learn.Play's foundation to establish "libraries" for dispensing reading material to young adults. LTL is similar to Little Free Libraries in that books works on an honor system to exchange books.... thru a collaboration with writer's & publishers, Stephen & Ayesha Curry"s LTL are distributing free new books to young adults. many new locations have been announced, mostly near elementary schools. read: "Black Brother Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes -Donte (black tone skin) and Trey (whiter toned skin) are bi-racical siblings in a bi-racial family. Donte is undercoming harrassment by older, white classmates, especially by Alan, the leader of the school's fencing team. non athlete Donte is challenged by Alan, the class bully to a duel. with solidarity from his brother, friends and a black fencing coach, Donte & associates defeats Alan & his mates to win their respect and a place on the new integrated fencing team. the inspiration for Rhodes' books comes from historical facts. the black fencing coach was a former competitive fencer, is modeled after Alex Dumas, a black general in Napolean's Army.