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Wayne County Public Library s bookmobiles and seven locations are 100 books heavier and that much more informed about America s long and complicated racial history.
From little-known histories to more comprehensive accounts, the Wayne County Racial Justice Coalition, the county s public library system and Buckeye Book Fair partnered to donate some 100 black-themed books for adults and children in an effort to make American history more accessible.
For Susan Roberts, assistant director of the county s library system, the gift of books was enough to pique her interest. We re always interested in expanding our collection, and having a broad range of books available for everybody, Roberts said.
WOOSTER Amid the car horns and calls of support, a black pickup roared down East Liberty Street.
A man wearing a sleeveless shirt leaned out of the window with outstretched arms and middle fingers raised. Get a real job! he yelled as the truck drove by the 18 Black Lives Matter protesters downtown. We love you, too! responded one woman holding a Black Lives Matter sign. Another yelled, Thank you! It s the best way to respond to hate, said Ruth Sewell, a demonstrator at Wooster s daily protests.
Group has protested every day for past year
Like so many other protests in 2020, George Floyd s death catalyzed the Wayne County Racial Justice Coalition to demonstrate against police violence and advocate for police reform and for the city to declare racism as a public health crisis.
During the 8-to-9 p.m. hour, protesters will remember Floyd and the events that led to his death. We re going to do a few things to mark the different things that happened, including the nine minutes and 29 seconds of silence, which represent the amount of time that Derek Chauvin was on George Floyd s neck and back, Weber said.
The event on May 25 will mark 359 consecutive days of protesting in Wooster - just shy of one year.
Weber said the coalition will not do anything special on Memorial Day, the one year mark. We haven’t been planning a big to-do for the 365 days of daily demonstrations because we don t want to divert from the point of all of this, which would be to the detriment of the focus on George Floyd and broader racial justice issues, she said. Three-hundred and sixty-five days of daily demonstrations is on Memorial Day, which we also do not want to compete with or somehow give the impression of undermining.