Shelby approved for Civil Rights marker
Sixty-one years ago, Shelby students took a stand by organizing a sit-in at a local drugstore.
On Feb. 18, 1960, approximately 70 Black students from Cleveland High School went from store to store requesting the same service as white patrons. They were refused and had doors shut in their faces. A sit-in formed at what was once Smith’s Drugs on West Warren Street.
The passive action ended with several arrests.
Those students, and the importance of the Civil Rights movement, will soon be commemorated with a marker where the sit-in took place, outside of the current Buffalo Creek Gallery at 106. W. Warren St.
A trial over Cal State Long Beach’s treatment of indigenous land is inching closer to the courtroom, and on Monday, tribal leaders outlined the protections they’re seeking in the hopes of blocking the potential of ever developing a plot of revered ground known as Puvungna.
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All of CSULB was built on land tribes considered to be part of Puvungna, which was a village and place of creation and burial site for the indigenous people who lived there. Now, indigenous nations say they use the remaining 22 acres of undeveloped land along Bellflower Boulevard for ceremonies and spiritual gatherings.
Revitalization plans raise questions about preservation
GENE ZALESKI, The Times and Democrat
March 13, 2021
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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) While the City of Orangeburg considers the possibilities for revitalizing Railroad Corner, some residents are hoping the State Theatre will be preserved or at least remembered.
The former theater “represents our heritage and our legacy,” Orangeburg resident William Green said.
“It was not just a theater. It was more like a community center,” he said.
Railroad Corner is located where Russell, Boulevard and Treadwell streets meet. In December 2019, the city purchased a block of business property there for the purpose of revitalization.
Celebrating Black History Month at the Library
Chanda Platania
Neuse Regional Library
This month is Black History Month and Neuse Regional Libraries are taking this opportunity to celebrate the many chapters of black history that are directly connected to Kinston and the Neuse Region. Just last week we had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about Green Book locations in Kinston and other efforts to increase historic preservation of important black history sites in Kinston and the region.
On Tuesday, February 9 at 6:30 p.m., community members gathered in the Schechter Auditorium of the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library and via Zoom to learn about the Green Book Project and its connections to Kinston. The program, led by Angela Thorpe, director of the North Carolina African American Heritage Commision, covered the last three years of research by the Commission with a focus on the sites that were located right here in Kinston.
UPDATE: Likely Native American remains found in Atascadero possible Salinan Tribe burial
KSBY
and last updated 2021-02-10 21:40:50-05
We re learning some new information about the human remains found at a home in Atascadero on Tuesday.
According to Atascadero police, an anthropologist said they were likely Native American human remains.
It s possible they re remains from the Salinan Tribe. This hasn t been officially determined yet but the tribe tells KSBY it s been notified of burials in the area before.
The Salinan people used to live along the Salinas River. The tribe says the human remains that were found at a home on Acacia Road are probably those of a Salinan burial.