Last summer marked the 40th
anniversary of several extraordi
nary events in American history – which the national media and, more curiously, the African-American political establishment have largely ignored. These events fundamentally...
21 March 2005
Back in 1994, the Free Press crusaded against the cash-burning power plant and dioxin generator on the South Side of Columbus. The words “Shut it down!” with the subtitle “June Alexander battles cancer and the trash-burner” on the June...
21 March 2005
Lee Gatwood surprised Kevin Bayles, his partner of four years, with a ring right before the ceremony. Another lesbian couple, not pictured, who are African American, decided to leave right after the ceremony when they learned that they...
21 March 2005
It was fitting that Bill used his 90th birthday party to organize for Worldwide Humanitarian Aid. Friends and family gathered on February 5 at the First Congregational Church to celebrate with Bill and give donations of sewing machines,...
21 March 2005
“10,888 days and counting. That’s not the number of books in their inventory; it’s the number of days I’ve been warehoused in prison as of 7/28/04. The most difficult, even painful part of the prison experience is not so much the physical...
21 March 2005
On January 30th at Whetstone Park, Columbus, Ohio there was a meeting of groups interested in election reform. The purpose was to, “Combine the efforts of the various election reform groups, as well as allow for communication between the...
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