LATimes Revisits CdA’s Aryan Past

Now authorities say the Aryan Nations organization has splintered and dwindled, though some recruitment fliers turned up in April in a Coeur d’Alene neighborhood. The old Aryan Nations compound, acquired by North Idaho College Foundation, has been leveled and is now used for forestry and botany projects. Meanwhile, Idaho-born Internet mogul Gregory C. Carr has bankrolled a Coeur d’Alene-based Human Rights Education Institute, which in 2006 opened a meeting and exhibition space on Mullan Avenue near the Museum of North Idaho. “We’re the direct offspring of the closing of the compound,” said Rachel Dolezal, 31, the institute’s director of education and curator/ Christopher Reynolds , Los Angeles Times. More here .

• Christopher Reynolds also wrote another story for the Los Angeles Times, praising the Coeur d’Alene area for its beauty and recreational offerings. Click here .

Question: What were you doing when you learned that individuals associated with the Aryan Nations had bombed several locations in fall 1986?