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"In August 1894 it was rumored that Ida B. Wells, the celebrated black journalist, anti-lynching crusader and suffragist was coming to Santa Cruz," Ross Eric Gibson writes. "Her news articles and booklets were hard-hitting. Her research in the Jim Crow South was unprecedented and courageous, facing credible death threats."

After a long, stormy winter, drivers are faced with dodging potholes or suffering the consequences of damage to their vehicles, but a first-of its-kind quality control tool may help increase