Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse on Monday to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and listen to speakers from different backgrounds talk about the racial prejudices they have faced locally. Charmaine Lawson organized the march — which led to the Eureka NAACP’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Sadie Shelmire
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Sixth Grader Shares her Experiences with Racism in Arcata
Editor’s note: This story contains offensive language. It is the Journal‘s policy not to alter direct quotations or to censor language, no matter how offensive, as it runs the risk of sanitizing that which should not be sanitized. Sadie Shelmire stood behind the podium and read through her notes before looking up at her mother, […]