ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – In a unanimous 7-0 vote, the Elmira City Council approved the renaming of the Madison Avenue bridge in honor of two local trailblazers: Bessie Berry and A’Don Allen. Both were civil rights leaders who shattered several glass ceilings in the 1960’s and 70’s. The bridge renaming was first proposed by former […]
Author and journalist Tim Spofford offers up a compelling biography of two young Black psychologists, Kenneth and Mamie Clark, whose contributions in civil rights for Blacks and the children of their race have largely gone unnoticed.