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SPOKANE, Wash. – A Black Spokane resident was not allowed to secure a quality bank loan to purchase a home in 1955. That legacy still impacts the racial composition of
Saturday's event was held with the goal of educating the Spokane community about making such an important investment.
People brought old photos, letters, and other printed materials representing Black Spokane to the Carl Maxey Center on Saturday to get them archived.
If a Seattle summer ever materializes, these are the local authors you should bring to the beach, from Angela Garbes to Putsata Reang.
Copyright 4 News Now SPOKANE, Wash. – An investigation is underway at Sacajawea Middle School where a family says their children were the victims of racial discrimination. Emzayia Feazell and Zyeshauwne Feazell say their teacher had them and their classmates pick cotton in a social studies class on May 3, 2021. “I was shocked that a teacher would bring a box of cotton into a class and tell them to pick it clean so she could teach us how slaves were back then,” said Emzayia. The 14 year-old twins say they were the only Black students in that class when the activity happened and that it l...