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Highlighting History: 8th of May Celebration at a historic Columbus cemetery

Highlighting History: 8th of May Celebration at a historic Columbus cemetery
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Emancipation celebration that pre-dates Juneteenth continues in Columbus - Home - WCBI TV

Emancipation celebration that pre-dates Juneteenth continues in Columbus - Home - WCBI TV
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Our View: 1964 s Freedom Summer, ignored by this paper at the time, is a story worth preserving

Our View: 1964 s Freedom Summer, ignored by this paper at the time, is a story worth preserving
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MSMS students to portray 160 years of Black history for Eighth of May

Almost 60 years ago, 20-year-old Marvin Griffin joined the efforts of the Council of Federated Organizations during Freedom Summer. He and his cohorts fought to help Black citizens overcome poll taxes and literacy tests and register to vote, while facing harassment, threats and possible arrest.

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Our View: Historic places are chances to share a shared history

It seems self-evident today, but the most interesting aspect of the 181-year-old Friendship Cemetery is not the headstones and grave markers but what lies beneath them.

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