WARREN The emotional ripples from the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom continue to reverberate and expand six decades later, but much work
YOUNGSTOWN Natalia McRae spewed a litany of adjectives that left no doubt about her opposition to a controversial ballot initiative all of which began w
On Saturday, members of Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past held a special park bench dedication ceremony to honor those who have lost their lives to violence in the Valley.
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YOUNGSTOWN Natalia McRae strongly feels if you read a speech Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered during a victorious moment nearly 56 years ago, it quickly will become apparent that his words are just as relevant today.
“Dr. King said this in 1965 at the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery march. It is still appropriate today,” McRae, an East High School senior and member of Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past, said.
McRae was referring to King’s “How Long, Not Long” speech that he delivered to about 25,000 people who gathered March 25, 1965, in Montgomery, Ala., at the conclusion of the famous five-day, 54-mile walk for voting rights. King’s words were intended mainly to reassure the masses that the days of brutality in the South against blacks by white people were waning.
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The Rev. Abby Auman, the Mahoning Valley United Methodist Churches organizationâs district superintendent, makes her feelings known about the police killing of two black men in the Columbus area, during a vigil Sunday afternoon on the Mahoning County Courthouse steps.
YOUNGSTOWN Systemic racism and the continued unjustified killing of black men by white police officers still tear at the fabric of society, but the difference people of goodwill can make begins with speaking against both, several students say.
“When you see a wrongdoing and do nothing about it, you’re being a silent witness,” Lekeila Houser, a Youngstown State University senior and Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past member, said. “These men were wrongfully killed by those who are supposed to protect us.”