Study of Black history deepens for central Illinois students
LENORE SOBOTA and KELSEY WATZNAUER, The Pantagraph
March 7, 2021
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1of5A variety of inspirational titles are available to students in Cameo Williams third grade classroom at Grove Elementary School in Normal, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (David Proeber/The Pantagraph via AP)DAVID PROEBER/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Grove Elementary School teacher Cameo Williams reads a book about Harriet Tubman to her third grade schools against the backdrop of a mural they created for Black History Month in Normal, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (David Proeber/The Pantagraph via AP)DAVID PROEBER/APShow MoreShow Less
Study of Black history deepens for central Illinois students
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Gainesville’s first soil collection ceremony memorializes city’s lynching victims
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Alachua County Commissioner Marihelen Wheeler, 69, (right) and her granddaughter Tashayla Downer, 8, (left) fill a jar with soil to honor Andrew Ford at the Gainesville Soil Collection Ceremony on Feb. 20, 2021. Ford was lynched in Gainesville on Aug. 24, 1891, according to a pamphlet from the Alachua County Community Remembrance Project. Photo by Julia Cooper | The Independent Florida Alligator
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