Date: Wednesday, October 24th, 2023 Time: 6:00 – 8:30 pm Location: Keith Middle School Address: 225 Hathaway Blvd. Doors will open at 5:30 pm to the public.

GOVERNOR MAURA HEALEY'S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON BLACK EMPOWERMENT LISTENING SESSION New Bedford Whaling Museum 18 Johnny Cake Hill New Bedford, MA 02740 Tuesday, October 24 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM The BEAC has organized listening sessions throughout the Commonwealth to discuss “issues related to the economic prosperity and wellbeing of Massachusetts’ Black community, including education, health care, housing and workforce development.” More information is here and includes a list of the advisory members. New Bedford is being represented by Marcelina Pina-Christian, Executive Director of the Human Relations Commission, and the creative sector is being represented by Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive...

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[caption id="attachment_1780" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Two Minute Warning (1965) by Spider Martin. National Archives (CC BY-NC 2.0)[/caption] Sunday was the 56th anniversary of the first Selma to Montgomery civil rights march, which is indelibly associated with the late Georgia Representative John Lewis. The date is better known as "Bloody Sunday" for the violent attack on marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge by Alabama State Troopers and a white mob recruited by Dallas County Sheriff Jim Clark. Lewis, who was then an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), was beaten so badly that he suffered a skull fracture. Scenes from...