In July of 1993, Nelson Mandela visited Chicago three years after he was released from prison and one year before he was elected as South Africa’s first Black president.
“Mandela in Chicago,” the new documentary by Medill Prof. Ava Thompson Greenwell (Medill B.S. ’84, M.S. ’85, Weinberg Ph.D.’14), explores the monumental role Chicago activists played in the movement by putting pressure on the governments of South Africa, Illinois and Chicago to halt their support of South Africa’s oppressive systems. The film was broadcast on Feb. 18 and Feb. 21 on Chicago’s WTTW Channel 11.
“(Mandela) came to thank the people for all the work they had been doing, and I wanted Chicago to get some credit for that,” Greenwell said. “So much of history would have been lost had it not been for the film, so I’m hoping that the film itself will be a catalyst to really reignite interest in what happened in South Africa, but also what is still happening in South Africa.”
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Hillsborough school leader criticized after removing mask at Bucs party
Addison Davis was masked, then unmasked, then masked again at Wednesdayâs crowded celebration in Tampa.
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Hillsborough County school superintendent Addison Davis, wearing a blue suit, can be seen walking through the crowd at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers party after the boat parade Wednesday in Tampa. A post on social media reads, Five days after sending an email to all school staff telling them to avoid large gatherings, superintendent Davis turns up in the middle of the Bucs party, maskless. Davis said he took his mask off briefly, and regrets doing so. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
2020 WheelsTV POV of the Year Award Goes to the 2015-2018 Subaru Outback
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2020 WheelsTV POV of the Year, 2015-2018 Subaru Outback Congratulations to everyone at Subaru of America and to every New Englander who drives an Outback!” BOSTON (PRWEB) December 23, 2020 As the first snow storm of the season bore down on New England, leading automotive writers and video producers from the New England Motor Press Association and WheelsTV gathered via Zoom to select the recipient of the eleventh annual WheelsTV POV of the Year Award.
The WheelsTV POV of the Year, or POVY, is an international auto industry award presented annually to a pre-owned motor vehicle that has proven itself in day-to-day use for at least two years by providing dependable, trouble-free service and achieving exceptional consumer satisfaction.