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The Blair County Chapter of the NAACP has named a new leader and a slate of new officers, after longtime president Don Witherspoon passed away and three
Pushing for Progress
As the newly elected leader of Blair County’s NAACP chapter, political science major Andrae Holsey has no plans to slow down his fight for social justice.
By: Marissa Carney
As a child, Andrae Holsey listened to his father tell stories of growing up in the 1950s and walking eight miles every day to attend a segregated school. He heard him talk about his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
Holsey watched with his own eyes as the KKK roamed through the town in Virginia, where he and his family lived for a time.
In a year wrought with heartache and loss, tomorrow, Tuesday, May 25, 2021 stands out, as it marks one year since the murder of George Floyd at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. With just weeks until Chauvin faces sentencing, it is important to remember that this time last year, while America was grappling with the early stages of the Coronavirus, our Black community was facing two pandemics - COVID-19 and anti-Black racism.