African Americans In YS Section :: Page 2

• The Briar Patch | Remembering Nancy Green

  By Cheryl DurgansJanuary 5, 2024

  

  “In many ways, art is one of the last bastions of propaganda that pushes racist and imperialist ideology through our visual engagement in society.”

• Yellow Springs Kwanzaa celebration planned

  By YS News StaffDecember 29, 2023

  

  The Yellow Springs Kwanzaa Planning Committee has announced that this year’s community event will take place Saturday, Dec. 30, 6–8 p.m., at the John Bryan Community Center gym.

• Wheeling Gaunt Day set for Oct. 7

  By YS News StaffOctober 2, 2023

  

  Wheeling Gaunt Day 2023 will be celebrated Saturday, Oct. 7, beginning at 10 a.m., at the Wheeling Gaunt sculpture plaza, adjacent to the train station at the intersections of Dayton Street and Xenia Avenue.

• Two more Blacks in Yellow Springs walking tours slated

  By YS News StaffAugust 10, 2023

  

  The “Black Women of Yellow Springs” tour will be presented Saturday, Aug. 12, and “Black Food Traditions of Yellow Springs” will take place Saturday, Aug. 26.

• ‘Springs to Freedom’ to discuss, dramatize Conway Colony story

  By YS News StaffJuly 8, 2023

  

  On Sunday, July 9, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Yellow Springs will present “Springs to Freedom,” an informational and theatrical gathering concerning the history of the Conway-Gwinn Colony.

• 2023 Yellow Springs Juneteenth celebration set

  By YS News StaffMay 23, 2023

  

  Activities will begin at 10:30 a.m., with a gathering outside Yellow Springs High School, for a walk that will begin at 11 a.m. and proceed through the village past several sites of significance in the Black history of Yellow Springs.

• Wheeling Gaunt receives honorary degree from Wilberforce University

  By Cheryl DurgansMay 16, 2023

  

  Yellow Springs philanthropist and businessman Wheeling Gaunt was awarded an honorary degree posthumously by Wilberforce University at the college’s commencement on Saturday, May 6.

• Building Community | Sharing a lifetime of soaring

  By Cheryl DurgansFebruary 17, 2023

  

  During a recent interview with the News, village residents and co-founders of The Jael Group, or TJG, Steven and Jalyn Roe, often mentioned a spiritual concept related to “the way”: an opening, path, direction, even a process that at times means finding “a way out of no way.”

• Unsolicited Opinions | ‘The fierce urgency of now’

  By Jessica ThomasFebruary 13, 2023

  

  “How quickly can we reimagine what accountability looks like? How many more hashtags do we need before a true reckoning happens?”

• Unsolicited Opinions | What is an antiracist tomorrow?

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 23, 2022

  

  “As a person of color in this community, I often find myself torn between feeling lucky to live where I do and wanting to scream at the constant state of ‘white people just not getting it.'”