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The 2020 honorees are Ellie Chisholm, Arupa Freeman, Mary L. Mitchell and Clovis Watson Jr.
Read More »Four Who Have Taken A Stand For Justice Receive Rosa Parks Courage Award
Alachua County School Board Outlines Precise Goals To Close Racial Achievement Gap
School Board members are focusing on equity in Alachua County, creating a plan to close the achievement gap for students.
Read More »Ibram X. Kendi Returns to Gainesville
Now founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University in Washington, he visited Gainesville to promote his latest book “How to Be an Antiracist.”
Read More »District 1 Town Hall Addresses Gainesville’s Housing, Crime And Equity Issues
Attendees submitted questions to be answered by the Gainesville City Commission and other city organizations present.
Read More »What’s Behind Alachua County High School Students’ Math Assessment Decline?
The disappointing results are the result of problems inside and outside of classrooms, according to school board members and high school administrators.
Read More »Emotions Run High At City Meeting About Changing Gainesville’s Inequity
About 20 people gathered in the auditorium to voice thoughts on how to go about making a resolution to officially mark the city’s commitment to address its past and to discuss fostering equity in general.
Read More »‘It’s Not Just Talk’: Friendship Seven To Discuss Progress Since Inequity Report At Town Hall
The Alachua County branch of the NAACP and the United Church of Gainesville’s Racial Justice Task Force are sponsoring a town hall called “Understanding Racial Inequities: Where Are We Now?” at 4 p.m. in the Thelma Boltin Center, at 516 NE Second Ave.
Read More »2018 Was When Alachua County Began To Reckon With Its Lynching History
Brenda Whitfield has lived in Newberry all her life. (Joshua Baker/WUFT News) Brenda Whitfield has heard stories of lynchings in Alachua County since being in middle school. The lifelong Newberry resident recalls her great-grandmother’s tales of people being hanged at “Lynch Hammock,” the site of several long ago extrajudicial killings …
Read More »Alachua County Public Schools Seek Grant To Balance Achievement Gaps
Alachua County School District has asked for $1.2 million in grants to further assist schools in need.
Read More »Newberry Embraces Faith, Fellowship As Next Steps On Path To Reconcile Past
Faith, fellowship and forgiveness: The newest chapter in Newberry's winding journey for truth and reconciliation. From the Newberry Six lynchings in 1916 to the first year of desegregation in the town, Newberry has a lot to reconcile.
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