HREI re-opens w/Aryan exhibit

There is a water fountain in the Human Rights Education Institute that says “whites only.”

It is part of the institute’s new exhibit providing information about the Aryan Nation presence in North idaho and how the Kootenai County community fought against hatred.

Wednesday evening, HREI invited members of the community to attend its “grand re-opening.” The parking lot outside HREI has been under construction since March, preventing people from parking in front of the building.

Now that access to the building is back, HREI decided to throw a grand re-opening in honor of its new exhibit “Coming Face to Face with Hate: A Search for a World without Hate”/ Bethany Blitz , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .

Question: Do you remember much about the long battle the community had with the Aryan Nations?