The Reds of Crawford County

In travels over the past years, I've seen memories of John Brown, the great abolishist, The Library of an American President,I drive past a memorial to the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. At the State Historical society displays talk about early women in politics,and of course the Newspaper man William Allen White.In Crawford which runs up against the Missouri border and a half hour or so North of Oklahoma, we find Labor Protests and the home of the Socialist/Communist newspaper "Appeal to Reason".

A brief history of the Magazine is presented ,courtsey of Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_Reason_(newspaper)

The largest collection of "Appeal to Reason" can be found at the library of Pittsburg State University.

A Mural in the city library commerates a 1921 march by women against scab miners.Discussed in detail here. A truly remarkable story in the labor movement and frankly one that is not told as often as it should be.

http://amazonarmy.com/