Exhibit at Historic Deefield – Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North
This coming week is the last remaining days to see a special exhibition called “Unnamed...
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Opinion: American Climate Corps: The CCC Reborn
Love, Justice and Climate Change Last month, the first 9,000 members of the new American...
Frederick Douglass on July 4th. A Timeless Critique of Democracy in This Country (Full Text and Audio)
The following version of the speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”...
Community Reading of Frederick Douglass Speech, July 5
Source: South Congregational Church Arts and Social Justice Committee A community reading of Frederick Douglass’s...
Amherst Will Celebrate Juneteenth With Multiple Events on Saturday June 15 and Wednesday June 19
Sources: amherstma.gov and Ancestral Bridges Foundation The Ancestral Bridges Foundation, the Town of Amherst and...
Opinion: A Bridge Too Far for the Jones Library
Amherst History Month by Month To date, I’ve not used this column to focus on...
Juneteenth Explained
The Holiday’s 158 Year History Holds a Lot of Meaning in the Fight for Black...
Opinion: UMass Chancellor Reyes’ Police Action Was Unnecessary and Unprecedented. A Brief History of Dissent At UMass Amherst
Note: the following analysis draws substantially from the blog Radical UMass that was started around...
Twenty Years of Marriage Equality: Three Couples’ Stories
The following article appeared previously in the Amherst Current. It is reposted here with permission.Devorah...
In Memoriam: William T. Strickland
Source: UMass News and Media William Strickland, 87, Emeritus Professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department...
A History of Amherst’s Bangs Community Center
Amherst History Month by Month As I write this article, the annual Open House on...
Amherst’s Historic Trolley System: Our Gains and Losses [revised]
Amherst History Month by Month Editors’ note: The Indy is committed to making corrections whenever needed in...