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She leans on her husband — a retired Minneapolis Police lieutenant — to view viral videos of police killings. She trusts his perspective. “I’ve never been able to watch any of them,” Friestleben said. “He’ll tell me honestly that, ‘It might be hard to watch that one. But as a police officer, I don’t have a problem with that shooting.” But in May 2020, the officer in the video was wearing the same uniform that her husband, Lt. Mike Friestleben, wore before he retired. “I ha...

How children’s books carry on the struggle for civil rights By Murray Whyte Globe Staff,Updated April 9, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Philippe Lardys illustration for "A Wreath for Emmett Till" by Marilyn Nelson.Philippe Lardy AMHERST — On the left is a simple drawing of young Rosa McCauley, her black hair tied in bows, posed with her parents and baby brother at home in Tuskegee, Ala. On the right are pale riders in white hoods on dark horses, thundering hatred through the inky...

Read Article Adelaide Solomon-Jordan, a historian of early New England African American biography and history, talks about her work and the book “The Escape of Oney Judge,” by Emily Arnold McCully last October at her home in western Maine. She often shares this true story with area children of a young woman who was a slave to George Washington and his family and who managed to escape slavery. Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times Rumford area educator Adelaide Solomon-Jordan is a historian wh...

To the editor: I am writing in response to a letter in the Feb. 4 Alexandria Times, “False narrative on ADUs.” In this letter I was accused of inserting race into a discussion of zoning. In fact, we live in a racially segregated society. Race and racism are intertwined with housing policy. “The Problem We All Live With” is one of Norman Rockwell’s most famous paintings. The image of Ruby Bridges being escorted by Federal Marshalls into a newly integrated school is where many think rac...

Book review of Niall Williams’ “This is Happiness” by Virginia Beach Youth Librarian Kathleen Fogarty, with recent additions.

Study of Black history deepens for central Illinois students LENORE SOBOTA and KELSEY WATZNAUER, The Pantagraph March 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5A variety of inspirational titles are available to students in Cameo Williams third grade classroom at Grove Elementary School in Normal, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (David Proeber/The Pantagraph via AP)DAVID PROEBER/APShow MoreShow Less 2of5Grove Elementary School teacher Cameo Williams reads a book about Harriet Tubman to her t...

Hazel Jackson, Leon ‘Buddy’ Glover and Barack Obama are among the names School District of Lancaster is considering to rename two of its schools. The school district’s 15-member renaming committee this week unveiled five options for Southeast Middle School, formerly Edward Hand Middle School, and seven for Buchanan Elementary School. It’s the latest development in a process that started last summer to rename up to five Lancaster schools to reflect the district’s values ...

Heroes of past, present COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette Youtheatres annual Young Heroes of Conscience series has told the stories of people such as Ruby Bridges, Ryan White, Helen Keller, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank. This years show is going virtual as it honors those names along with a new crop of heroes: the youth of 2020. Written and directed by Gregory Stieber like previous Young Heroes shows, the new production has vignettes from the previous plays showing tho...

KUER Utah Black History Museum has its grand opening on Feb. 27, 2020 outside the Leonardo Museum. Black Lives Matter Utah unveiled their Black History Museum Bus in Salt Lake City on Saturday. About 40 people braved the snowy morning and huddled outside the Leonardo Museum for the grand opening. The repurposed school bus is covered with colorful murals of African American artists, leaders and activists — like Ruby Bridges, Jane Mannings James and Wallace Henry Thurman. The back of the bu...

Artsline Women entering service in World War II, from the archives of the Virginia War Memorial. Artsline: Virtual Edition || March 1, 2021 “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” ~ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich March is Women’s History Month and RVA’s arts and culture community has created a wonderful line-up of exhibits, performances, and educational programs to enlighten and inspire. Be on the lookout this month for local female artists, musicians, dancers, writers, and historians highlig...