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June Sarpong on the Power of Black Art and Visual Storytelling


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Nine minutes and 29 seconds, under normal circumstances, is easily forgettable. It’s the time we spend on routine activities such as taking a shower, doing the dishes, and walking to the station, our minds often elsewhere and not focusing on the task at hand. But nine minutes and 29 seconds was all it took for George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, to publicly lose his life at the hands of the police.
The injustice of those tragic nine minutes and 29 seconds would ignite a long overdue reckoning around racial justice, equity and inclusion all over the world, even at the height of a global pandemic. All of this was made possible because Darnella Frazier, who was a mere 17 years old at the time, had the foresight, composure and courage to film the horrific event unfolding. Even as George Floyd’s murderer, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, screamed threats at her to stop filming, she persevered and ....

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Flicking through what made the Hexham Courant headlines over the years


10 YEARS AGO
SILL IN MOTION: Plans for a £5m visitor centre on Hadrian’s Wall to showcase the district’s rural landscape were unveiled by Northumberland National Park Authority. The Sill was drawn up jointly with the Youth Hostel Association for Once Brewed, near Bardon Mill.
FOREST D-DAY: A controversial Government decision on whether to sell off Kielder Forest was due, with the Independent Panel of Forestry due to visit the area.
KILLER MUSHROOMS: A group of scientists had decreed that a killer toadstool in Kielder could put an end to the invasion of midges which had forever plagued the district. ....

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