This is how we can envision Black freedom
We must live like we understand what our true history teaches us, poet and educator Elizabeth Alexander says.
Before an integrated crowd of 75,000, Marian Anderson sings on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939. Though a renowned classical singer, Anderson wasn’t allowed to perform at Constitution Hall, a venue the Daughters of the American Revolution owns, because she was Black.Photograph by THOMAS D. MCAVOY, THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION VIA GETTY IMAGES
Published May 25, 2021
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On June 27, 2015, Black artist and activist Bree Newsome Bass climbed the flagpole at the South Carolina statehouse and took down the Confederate flag that had flown above the people of that state for over 50 years. This act came 10 days after a white supremacist murdered eight Black parishioners and their pastor at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Grown from a congregation first organized by enslaved and free Blac
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Make winter birdwatching your next cold weather hobby
Fly solo or grab your flock and a field guide for your first lesson in winter birdwatching.
February 11, 2021 7:00 AM Sam Jones
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A Snowy Owl eyes birdwatchers against a gray winter sky.
If you’re still braving the outdoors this winter season but you’ve run out of ideas, you might try winter birdwatching. Carolyn Byers, director of education at Madison Audubon, has had her eyes to the skies (and sometimes the ground) for years. Byers specializes in nesting ecology, chick development, foraging and other aspects of avian behavior but she says no experience is necessary to enjoy our feathery friends. She loves birding and all it entails, including the simple pleasure of a wintertime walk. While note taking is the most traditional way to track your flying finds, like most things these days, there’s an app for that. So snag your smartphone or notepad, grab a pair of binoculars and bundle up