It was so sad, though, it made me cry. During the Civil Rights Era, volunteers gathered up donated books and went down to poor Southern states to establish libraries for African Americans, since of course they weren't allowed in the "white" libraries, and the states couldn't afford to build them decent libraries. These brave volunteers were attacked, mocked, beaten, and in a few extreme cases, killed, simply for letting black people read and providing them with books. The Freedom Libraries didn't last long, but they definitely made an impact.
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