Derby, Baker and Slaughter-Harvey want social justice in JSU’s Gibbs-Green tragedy
Derby, Baker and Slaughter-Harvey want social justice in JSU’s Gibbs-Green tragedy
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Gibbs and Green
On Friday, May 14, the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University hosted via its Facebook page a virtual gallery talk of the May 1970 Gibbs-Green Tragedy. Featured was a collection of 60 photographs by Doris Derby, Ph.D., that have never been revealed within an exhibition. Following police shootings on May 14, Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, a 21-year-old junior political science major and James Earl Green, a 17-year-old Jim Hill High School senior who was walking home from work, were murdered. During the pandemonium twelve students were shot while flying debris, glass and brick injured dozens others.
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Pictured are Mike West and Lewis Catron. West is a relative of Chief Silas West and Catron is the son of Chief Harold Catron. Lewis was with his father at the time he was shot and also wounded by pellets from the shotgun blast entering his arm.
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Pictured are Mike West and Lewis Catron. West is a relative of Chief Silas West and Catron is the son of Chief Harold Catron. Lewis was with his father at the time he was shot and also wounded by pellets from the shotgun blast entering his arm.
Somerset Police Department unveiled a memorial wall this week dedicated to their officers who were killed while serving the citizens of Somerset. The display located inside the lobby of the police department highlights Chief Silas West, Patrolman Walter McKinley Massengale and Chief Harold L. Catron.
Sidney passes school levy
By Kyle Shaner - kshaner@sidneydailynews.com
President and CEO of Spirit Medical Transport Brian Hathaway, left, of Greenville, and Chairman of Houston Joint Ambulance District Kim Vondenhuevel, of Sidney, hug after it was announced that the Houston joint ambulance district levy passed.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
Sidney City Schools Superintendent Bob Humble, left, shakes hands with Treasurer Mike Watkins after they were told the Sidney City Schools levy passed.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
SIDNEY – Voters approved levies for both the Sidney City School District and the Houston Joint Ambulance District during Tuesday’s special election, according to unofficial results.
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As we struggle with the pandemic in Calgary, I would like to take a moment to reflect on just one post-pandemic possibility for our city.
We know that close to 30 per cent of the downtown office space is vacant in 2021.
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A few years ago, on a visit to St. John’s, N.L., I stumbled into a unique response to empty downtown office space.
I was browsing in a retail shop when noticed a sign on the door declaring, “Artist in Residence, second floor.”