Columbus Metropolitan Library and our Local History & Genealogy division are hosting this free virtual event.

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Local authors Michael E. Brooks and Marilyn Howard discuss their new book published by Trillium Press, A History of Hate in Ohio.

A History of Hate in Ohio: Then and Now 
by Michael E. Brooks and Bob Fitrakis

Chronicling the history of hate groups and White supremacists in Ohio, this book issues a timely challenge to all Ohioans to acknowledge, understand and repudiate hate.

Michael E. Brooks is Associate Professor of Teaching at Bowling Green State University. He is the author of The Ku Klux Klan in Wood County.

Bob Fitrakis is Distinguished Full Professor of Political Science at Columbus State Community College and editor/publisher of the Free Press.

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