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68 The GUIDE to YELLOW SPRINGS 2019 – 20 YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS FIND US ON FACEBOOK Village-Automotive-Service 1455 XENIA AVENUE • (937)767-2088 • MONDAY – FRIDAY • 7:30 A.M. – 6 P.M. • All service, Maintenance & Repair on Foreign & Domestic • Oil, Lube & Filter Service • Tire Sales/Service & 4-Wheel Alignment • Trailer Hitches/Bike Carriers • Auto Glass Repair and Replacement • Preventative Maintenance • Batteries • Check Engine Light Diagnositcs & Repair • Brake Service V illage Automotive SERVICE EVOLVED. villageautomotiveservice.net CRESCO LABS WE B : crescolabs.com As one of the fastest-growing companies in cannabis, Cresco Labs leads the industry across multiple disciplines. We are involved with every element of the seed-to-sales proc- ess — starting with state-of-the-art cultiva- tion facilities, precisely designed to produce thriving cannabis plants. The in-house lab team ensures product purity and quality before moving products through production, packaging and shipment. Cresco distributes products to dispensaries nationwide, includ- ing several dispensaries owned and operated by the Cresco team. With one of the top application scores, Cresco Labs moved into Ohio. Cresco was the first to break ground on over 50,000 square feet of cultivation, manufacturing and production space. In June of 2018, Cresco Labs won license to operate vertically inte- grated dispensaries in Ohio. DMS INK CONTAC T: Christine Soward, 937‑222‑5056 EMA I L : info@dmsink.us WE B : www.dmsink.us DMS ink is an award-winning, certified minority and woman-owned Critical Com- munication company. The company provides innovative, cutting edge Critical Document solutions in the areas of project manage- ment, material acquisitions, data program- ming, variable content, digital, inkjet and offset printing, as well as fulfillment and mailing services. DMS ink provides a wider range of services through its subsidiaries, The Bricks Agency, a creative marketing communications firm, and Barrett Broth- ers Legal Publishing. DMS ink is the 2017 Dayton Business Journal’s Woman-Owned Business of the Year. ELECTROSHIELD, INC. CONTAC T: 767‑1054; 708 S. High St. WE B : www.electroshield.com ElectroShield was founded in 1976 as a manufacturer of burglar alarms. Over time, the company transitioned into distribution and has grown to be the largest stocking distributor of Fujikura (formerly DDK) and Conxall commercial circular connectors. ElectroShield’s connector lines are used in in- dustrial manufacturing, including prominent use in the automotive assembly, automation and agricultural industries. Among many oth- er applications, its products are used on servo motors, encoders, sensors, control boxes and scales to connect them with both signal and power. ElectroShield employs more than 15 empowered people, who are focused on enhancing its customers’ businesses by providing quick, knowledgeable service and excellent delivery of commercial connectors. ENVIROFLIGHT, LLC CONTAC T: 303 N. Walnut St., 767‑1988 EMA I L : info@enviroflight.net WE B : www.enviroflight.net EnviroFlight harnesses the power of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) through applied technology for nutrient recovery. We I NDUSTRY college. Appreciating her interest in history, the teacher introduced her to a history pro- fessor at Antioch. But Jackson knew college was out of the question — her father was a janitor at Antioch, where her mother worked as a housekeeper. Instead of college, she got a job at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as a clerk typist, and pursued her interest in history on her own, spending many hours doing research in the Greene County room of the Greene County Library in Xenia. For Newman, the examples of her activist father along with her employer at Antioch Publishing, socialist Ernest Morgan, influenced her own participation in social justice issues. As a high school student, she attempted to organize a protest for black students to refuse to stand for recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag, feeling that the flag wasn’t protecting black students. Later, she joined local social justice groups and protested discrimination at the Gegner barbershop. In 1956, she was a member of a group who organized local African-American voters to push the local school board to hire a black teacher. She remembers a school board meeting attended by so many local black people that a board leader stated out loud that there would be “trouble.” But Willie Perry, a leader of the African- American group, disagreed with the board leader. “He said, ‘You’re dealing with ladies and gentlemen,” Newman remembered. The group persisted in its efforts, and a black teacher was hired. Newman was also unusual for the time in her work, as a woman running the press that printed the weekly Yellow Springs News. She opposed the Vietnam war, attending protests and refusing to pay fed - eral taxes. In fact, she said recently, at one point the Internal Revenue Service showed up at her house to demand payment, but she refused, so they nailed a notice on the front door saying that the house would be seized. However, she said, the situation was later resolved without the loss of the house. Newman remains active in the community and in the First Baptist Church. She was hon - ored last year as a recipient of the Hidden Figures Hall of Fame award presented by stu- dents in Yellow Springs public schools. And she also received the Yellow Springs Civil Rights Trailblazer award at the 10th anniver - sary celebration of The 365 Project, along with Jackson and Paul Graham. Newman feels hopeful considering the significant positive changes that have taken place in the lives of African Americans in recent decades, she said. But she is discour- aged by the changes she’s seen in the village. “When I go downtown, I feel like an alien,” she said. “I don’t see any black people.” Living in Yellow Springs and being close to Antioch College has allowed Jackson to meet several of her heroes in the civil rights movement, including Dr. King and James Farmer. And while great strides were made during the height of the civil rights movement, Jackson is concerned about this country’s current climate regarding equality and social justice. “Unfortunately, there’s still a lot to be done,” she said. “I don’t know where we’re going today.”  ♦ Continued from page 67 Peacemakers