A couple of dozen people gathered in Fortuna’s Rohner Park yesterday for an afternoon of song, speeches and dancing in celebration of Black History Month. Check out the slideshow below with a few scenes from the day.
Black History Month
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NCJ Preview: Eureka’s Needle Exchange Battle and Supporting BIPOC Youth
This week we’re looking into how and why the city of Eureka continues to butt heads with Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction over needle exchange. Also, we’re talking about a new local nonprofit nurturing and supporting BIPOC youth, HC Black Music and Arts Association. Its organizers are putting on Harambee Liberation Month, a series […]
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Young and Free
Sarah Vevoda’s 7-year-old daughter Jaz used to say she had “up hair,” her natural Black curls growing upward instead of hanging down like nearly everyone else’s around her, including her family. Sarah, who is white, says Jaz has commented on not seeing other people who look like her. “It’s very hard for her to be […]
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Black History and Liberation Month
This month-long holiday is meant to remember, honor and celebrate the work that has been done and continues to be done by black people across the globe — creative, political and otherwise. At a time when the nation still questions whether the lives of black Americans matter and when their safety (not to mention social […]