Little action I took today: I pulled a few juvenile books on relevant current topics and displayed them on top. For example: * Dred Scott * US president's job * Tuskegee Airmen * Propaganda * Standing up to bullies (We don't have any directly about Amendment 14, alas) - ThreadSky

laguettler.bsky.social • 24 days ago

Little action I took today: I pulled a few juvenile books on relevant current topics and displayed them on top. For example:

* Dred Scott
* US president's job
* Tuskegee Airmen
* Propaganda
* Standing up to bullies

(We don't have any directly about Amendment 14, alas)

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grumpy0ldman84.bsky.social•24 days ago

💪

laguettler.bsky.social•24 days ago

Context: I work in a library and this is part of my job.

laguettler.bsky.social•24 days ago

I wanted to add one about living under occupation (in the context of WW2) but thought that was maybe just me being political and not simply creating a very justifiable display of current events.

playcomics.bsky.social•23 days ago

Oh no, that would have been totally legit.

So I guess now it's the start of a new list of things to pull out for you.

bridget-stern.bsky.social•24 days ago

Can you screen Ratify?

cross-x-bones.bsky.social•24 days ago

This is hero's behavior 💕

laguettler.bsky.social•24 days ago

I appreciate that, but it's really not. I'm just doing my job 🫡

cross-x-bones.bsky.social•24 days ago

When people fail to stand up to do their job out of fear, doing it is also heroic 😊

akumariver.bsky.social•24 days ago

What are the titles on those books?

lynnmarielong.bsky.social•24 days ago

The movie "A Face in the Crowd" to explain how we got here

nicholdaviswojcik.bsky.social•24 days ago

trigladehope.bsky.social•24 days ago

I love libraries

oraclebungee.bsky.social•24 days ago

hansbanans93.bsky.social•24 days ago

Would you mind sharing any of the titles?

brian.tagteamchamps.com•24 days ago

laguettler.bsky.social•24 days ago

It's a tiny little thing but you never know what a kid will pick up, either bookwise or just the atmosphere of "Hey these are things that are important"

brian.tagteamchamps.com•24 days ago

I love that! We can’t let future generations be shielded from history

gibbee13.bsky.social•24 days ago

Print it out

hypotyposeis.bsky.social•24 days ago

Don’t forget he also gutted the equal opportunities act and Title IX. There are some excellent books on Title IX including “Let Me Play” by Karen Blumenthal

dittocakes.bsky.social•24 days ago

I applaud you for your service.👏🏼💜

sffcorgi.bsky.social•24 days ago

What about the WASPs? Apparently they pulled (temporarily) material on them too, but it hasn't been getting the same attention.

sqldatabunny.bsky.social•24 days ago

do you have anything on reconstruction? you mentioned Dred Scott and I think that education on that should be paired with Cruikshank more often.

laguettler.bsky.social•24 days ago

We are a teeny tiny library. We do have juvenile NF that talk about Cruickshank as part of larger discussions.

sqldatabunny.bsky.social•24 days ago

really glad to hear that. thank you for what y'all do.

siliconshaman1337.bsky.social•24 days ago

Little acts of quiet rebellion... thus the resistance begins

manateemath.bsky.social•24 days ago

Not all heros wear capes. Thank you.

lunchpunk.bsky.social•24 days ago

i used to do these kinds of things when i was a page, not really sure if anyone else would notice but hoping it would pique people’s interests and raise awareness. i miss library work but it’s comforting to know library workers are still doing this <3 keep it up!!

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