Hartford School Board hopes to promote further work addressing racism in Vermont
Hartford school board member Kevin Christie at the budget information session in White River Junction, Vt., on March 2, 2019. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
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HARTFORD The Hartford School Board has taken the unusual step of publishing an open letter to Hartford residents and Vermont citizens, addressing long-standing issues of racism and racial harassment in towns across the state and calling for Vermonters to speak out against those incidents.
‘It tells me that I am less’: History, racism hang over Capitol riots
People listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Congress held a joint session Wednesday to ratify President-elect Joe Biden s 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images/TNS)