African Americans In YS Section :: Page 5

• Encyclopedia highlights Black lives

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 12, 2020

  

  A “labor of love” — as well as a labor of memory, representation and community — hit a significant milestone in February with the completion and release of the first physical edition of “Blacks in Yellow Springs: A Community Encyclopedia.”

• VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Yellow Springs

  By YS News StaffJanuary 24, 2020

  

  On Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, Yellow Springs commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a march and program on the theme, “Raise Your Voice for Justice.” See a video of the event.

• New pastor for historic AME church

  By Audrey HackettNovember 27, 2019

  

  Central Chapel AME Church has a new pastor. Read more about Rev. Morné Meyer’s leadership of Yellow Springs’ AME church in the Nov. 28 issue of the News.

• Blacks in YS tour rescheduled

  By YS News StaffJune 18, 2019

  

  Due to inclement weather, the 365 Project’s Blacks in Yellow Springs walking tour focused on the history of Black landownership in the village, originally scheduled for June 15, has been rescheduled for Saturday, June 22

• Alyce Earl Jenkins— Recognized for service, teaching

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 7, 2019

  

  “Sometimes when I’m feeling down, I come in here and think, well, I did make a contribution to different communities at different times,” Alyce Earl Jenkins said in an interview last week. That’s quite an understatement.

• McKee Group program to focus on local black history

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 24, 2019

  

  The James A. McKee Association will host a community conversation on the history of African Americans in Yellow Springs this week.

• “Stay Woke” — 2019 MLK Day events slated

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 20, 2019

  

  The 2019 program for MLK Day in Yellow Springs features a march, program, lunch, teach-in and lecture across three days.

• New discussions to start — Finding ways to face race, together

  By Megan BachmanDecember 20, 2018

  

  An adapted model calls for diverse groups of eight to 12 people and a facilitator, who meet in two-hour sessions over six weeks, with a different topic each week, from implicit bias to inequity. National and local statistics will be explored and take-home exercises offer more opportunities to learn. At the model’s heart, however, is sharing stories.

• Sidewalk slur evinces racism

  By Megan BachmanNovember 22, 2018

  

  Last month, a newly poured block of concrete was defaced with a racial slur at the corner of Wright Street and West South College Street.

• A partnership for Wilberforce and Antioch

  By Megan BachmanOctober 4, 2018

  

  Antioch College and Wilberforce University are both small, private liberal arts colleges in Greene County. They were both founded in the 1850s. And in recent years they’ve both been trying to bounce back from financial and accreditation woes.