A Union University professor, who started his educational career in Jackson-Madison County Schools with teaching and administrative roles, will take a vacated school board seat until the August 2022 general election.
The Madison County Commission appointed educational leadership professor Ken Newman to the District 2 school board seat, vacated by board member O’Neal Henley’s resignation. Henley was elected in August 2020, meaning the person elected to the seat in 2022 will serve until 2024.
“I am very humbled and appreciative of their support and trust in me,” Newman said after the commission s appointment. “I’m going to do the best I can do.”
Coloring books featuring Kalamazoo’s Black leaders bring ‘history to life’
Updated Feb 20, 2021;
Posted Feb 20, 2021
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KALAMAZOO, MI A local publishing company has created a book series for children to color in the vibrant history of Kalamazoo’s Black community.
Season Press, run by Sonya Bernard-Hollins and Sean Hollins, has published its second edition in the “Your Turn” coloring book series highlighting Black history-makers in Kalamazoo.
The project started last year during Black History Month out of the Merze Tate Explorers, founded by Bernard-Hollins.
The travel club honors the late Merze Tate, who was the first Black graduate of Western Michigan Teachers College and first Black woman to attend the University of Oxford.