African Americans In YS Section
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The Briar Patch | Transformative sunrises
“Grief, as it ebbs and flows over time, never truly leaves, but the in-betweens can sometimes provide an opportunity for a clearing space. Memories can suddenly appear, seemingly out of nowhere. “
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Annual Yellow Springs Kwanzaa celebration set
The annual community Kwanzaa celebration will be Saturday, Dec. 28, beginning at 6 p.m., in the John Bryan Community Center gymnasium.
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The Briar Patch | A fork in the road
“On election night, Tuesday, Nov. 5, most voting Americans, particularly Protestant and Catholic white Christians, chose a vision of fascism and fear in the name of Jesus. Dietrich Bonhoeffer must be weeping in his grave.”
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The Briar Patch | I will not privilege my ideals
“Black people living in this country have, for a long time, subordinated our ideals out of sheer survival. This election year is no exception.”
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Wheeling Gaunt Day celebration planned
The 365 Project will host the third annual Wheeling Gaunt Day on Saturday, Sept. 14, beginning at 10 a.m., at the Wheeling Gaunt Statue plaza to commemorate the life of the Black real estate investor/philanthropist who donated nine acres of land, now Gaunt Park, to the village.
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Sankofa Talk | Keep showing up for John Crawford
Despite being emotionally mauled at every step toward justice for John Crawford III, we will continue to acknowledge that he was, in fact, a human being who did not deserve to die in the name of sport-hunting of Black men.
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Historical walking tour to visit cemetery
The 365 Project’s next Blacks in Yellow Springs walking tour will be Saturday, July 13, at 1 p.m., and will focus on “The African American History of Glen Forest Cemetery.”
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2024 Yellow Springs Juneteenth activities set for Saturday
The 2024 Yellow Springs Juneteenth observance will take place Saturday, June 15, beginning with an historical walk from the front of Antioch College.
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The 365 Project’s Blacks in Yellow Springs walking tours to return
On Saturday, June 1, a General African American History of Yellow Springs tour will begin at 1 p.m. in front of the Mills Park Hotel.
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Sankofa Talk | A victim of Jim Crow tactics
“The longer I live, the more incidents of mistreatment, ranging from covert to blatantly overt, keep piling up. Sometimes it feels like I’m at the bottom of a pile of football players and they just keep jumping onto the pile.”
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