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39 YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS The GUIDE to YELLOW SPRINGS 2019 – 20 Your EVERYDAY SOURCE for LOCAL FOODS OPEN: Mon.–Sat. 7 A.M.–10 P.M.; Sun. 8 A.M.–10 P.M. 242 Xenia Ave., Yellow Springs Ph. 767-7349 TOM’S MARKET is locally owned and operated and your everyday COMMUNITY DELI for BREAKFAST, LUNCH and DINNER LARGE SELECTION of fresh organic fruits & vegetables Roasted chickens BOAR’S HEAD products in the deli section FRESH cheeses, salads & sandwiches • Senior Informational Referral • Insurance Help • Transportation • Homemaking Services • Meals and Outings • Classes and Activities • Dementia Friendly Yellow Springs www.ysseniors.org www.The365ProjectYS.org WORKING FOR RACIAL EQUITY IN YELLOW SPRINGS 365 DAYS A YEAR The 365 Project serves as a catalyst that challenges and supports the people of Yellow Springs, Ohio to engage critically and respectfully in courageous conversations and action that promotes diverse African American heritage, culture, and educational equity, 365 days a year. By YS NEWS STAFF Antioch College was a regular stop on lecture circuits for many nationally known activists, organizers and leaders. Among the most prominent speakers were SUSAN B. ANTHONY , who in Febru- ary 1871 received a lukewarm reception from students. “Of course [the lecture] was concerning women’s rights, and pleased the many friends of that movement, who are numerous here,” reported the Antiochian, the student paper at the time. Anthony was also criticized for “advancing but little new matter.” And many who attended wished she had “occupied a little less time than two hours and a half.” MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR . , famously gave the commencement speech in June 1965. Along with racial segregation, he addressed economic inequality and milita- rism. “I am absolutely convinced that the system of segregation is on its death bed today, and the only thing I am uncertain about it is how costly the segregationists will make the funeral,” he said. King also offered a message he often repeated, that “all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescap- able network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” Returning to her alma mater to give the commencement speech in 1982, CORETTA SCOTT KING told that year's 175 graduates, “we must dedicate ourselves to peaceful AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE— Famous activists social change. “I have learned that without peace there cannot be justice,” Scott King said, "and without justice there cannot be peace.” She attended Antioch from 1947–51. Some controversy accompanied the visit of W.E.B. DU BOIS in May 1952, as the longtime writer and civil rights activist who co-founded the NAACP was at the time under investigation during the McCarthy era for his socialist leanings and opposition to nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, Du Bois gave a talk on “Colonialism” in Kelly Hall on May 26, followed by a discussion on “The Negro in the U.S.” in Birch Lounge the fol- lowing day. Other well-known speakers through- out the years included labor activist and social worker THRYA EDWARDS in October 1934; poet and writer LANGSTON HUGHES (date unknown); philosopher and anti-war activist BERTRAND RUSSELL in May 1942; musician, actor and political activist PAUL ROBESON in January 1946; co-founder of the Commitee for Racial Equality GEORGE HOUSER in February 1946; civil rights leader BAYARD RUSTIN in July 1947; protest singer PETE SEEGER in April 1957 and August 1984; labor organizer CESAR CHAVEZ (date unknown); anarchist ABBIE HOFFMAN in spring 1969; political activist RALPH NADER (date unknown); writer BELL HOOKS in May 1989; and co-founder of the Black Panther Party BOBBY SEALE in June 2002, to name a few.  ♦ CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Ralph Nader, Cesar Chavez, W.E.B. Du Bois, Abbie Hoffman and Coretta Scott King PHOTOS COURTESY OF ANTIOCHIANA, ANTIOCH COLLEGE