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Although February is a time to intentionally celebrate and honor Black history, Kempton Freeman, a cultural adviser at Appleton West High School, said “culture is all year round.” ....
For as long as she can remember, Juleya Woodson has wanted to write a book. After seeing how Black children were affected by the country’s reckoning with racial injustice last summer, the Evanston resident funneled her feelings into a children’s book, “I Hope They Understand.” “With everything going on in our world, after Breonna Taylor and George Floyd… I felt like the media was sending a message that Black is not beautiful,” Woodson said. “That was my motivation.” Woodson is a family support specialist at Childcare Network of Evanston and a graduate of Evanston Township High School. She said her experience working with children up to age five, as well as with raising her two-year-old son, made her realize how insecure Black children felt in the summer of 2020. ....