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State Representative Suzanne Ness, along with the Fox River Valley Public Library District will host the Mobile Museum of Tolerance (MMOT) on Monday, July 29th and Tuesday, July 30th from Noon – 7:00pm in the parking lot of the Dundee Library located at 555 Barrington Avenue in East Dundee. The Mobile Museum of Tolerance, developed in collaboration with the Midwest office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Illinois State Board of Education, is a free, traveling museum and classroom. Led by an Illinois licensed educator, it aims to inspire people to use their voices to speak up against anti-Semitism, bullying, racism, intolerance, and hate. “I had the opportunity to visit the MMOT when it was in Algonquin this Spring and I support the mission of educating and sharing history so we may learn from the past and not repeat it,” shared Representative Ness. “I am happy to partner with the Fox Valley Library in bringing this wonderful educational experience back to our district!” In conjunction with the MMOT tour, Sarah Sullivan, instructor of History and Business at McHenry County College will be presenting Beyond Rosa: The Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, at the Dundee Township Park District Adult Activities Center (665 Barrington Avenue) adjacent to the library on Monday July 29th at 1:00pm. What you think you know about the Montgomery Bus Boycott is incomplete; women do not often show up in Civil Rights history, but women planned, coordinated and implemented one of history’s most successful boycotts. The backstory of this boycott is fascinating and will change your understanding of history. The Mobile Museum of Tolerance and presentation on the Montgomery Boycott are free and open to the public.