Peter Rachleff
Peter Rachleff

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<em>From 1982 to 2012, Peter Rachleff taught labor history at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2014, with his partner Beth Cleary (who is also the source of the photographs accompanying this post), he co-founded the East Side Freedom Library (see <a href="https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/">https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org</a>).  </em>
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