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This Sunday, I was again inspired and invigorated by the now 22nd annual celebration organized by the Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee. There are too many people to thank for the years of work raising money, hiring sculptor Thomas Jay Warren who...
Tour highlights Florence’s abolitionist history A group listens as Steve Strimer leads the African American Heritage Trail in the David Ruggles Center For Early Florence History and Underground Railroad Studies on Martin Luther King Day. —GAZETTE STAFF/CAROL LOLLIS People on a walking tour listen as Steve Strimer talks about the African-American Heritage Trail at the Sojourner Truth statue in Florence, Monday. GAZETTE STAFF/CAROL LOLLIS A group lead by Steve Strimer on the African American Heritage Trail walks into the David Ruggles Center For Early Florence History and Undergro...
Carrying on MLK’s legacy to end racism A giant portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. gazes off into the distance from behind the A.P.E. Gallery window in Northampton. FOR THE GAZETTE/SABATO VISCONTI Published: 1/18/2021 5:06:11 PM NORTHAMPTON — Tanisha Arena, executive director of the Springfield-based Arise for Social Justice, wrote an open letter “to our country about who we are — to address the constant rhetoric of, ‘this is not who we are.’” Arena read her letter as the keynote speaker at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day celebration hosted by the Resistance Center for...
MLK Day events going virtual in Amherst, Northampton Members of the Amherst Regional High School Jazz Ensemble play “Blues by Five” by Red Garland during the 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast held at the middle school on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. From left are sophomore Rebekah Hong, senior Max Vanderleeden and juniors Saliim Saulsberry and Junior Rodriguez. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 1/13/2021 11:53:21 AM Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy will be celebrated in a day-long virtual gathering in Northampton, while Amherst is adjusting its usual in-person break...