from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
It was already impossible to get good avocados. Dammit!
When Congressman John Lewis was a child, he tried to get a library card. He was turned away & told “The Library is not for coloureds” 💔
He’s a civil rights icon, lover of books, recipient of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
“The Library IS for Everyone” 💚
#BlackHistoryMonth
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
From the archives....
