Q&A with Sojourner Truth re-enactor and lecturer Donna Turner Rickman
Source: KCC Daily
A little-known fact or facts about Sojourner is that she was the very first African American woman – both as a slave and a freed slave – to win not just one but three court cases in her lifetime.
Former Michigan congressman Joe Schwarz dies at 88
Source: WILX 10
Joe Schwarz, a former congressman and longtime Michigan state senator, has died at the age of 88. Schwarz was known for championing higher education and health care during his 16 years in the Michigan Senate before serving one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Holistic Defense, Career Development in the Public Defender’s Office
Source: Inside Calhoun County
This time on Inside Calhoun County, Director David Makled discusses how Calhoun County’s Public Defender Office is expanding holistic defense so courts can see the person behind the case.
Albion Council takes $1 risk to preserve downtown building
Source: Albion Recorder
Albion City Council voted Monday to accept the $1 transfer of the fire-damaged building at 100 S. Superior Street, taking ownership of the long-vacant downtown property just one day before a deadline that would have cleared the way for demolition. City Manager Sheryl Theriot, in a letter to the Albion City Council and Calhoun County Land Bank Authority ahead of the vote, described the building as “the cornerstone of our historic downtown district which is undergoing a revitalization.”
I’ll bc-ing you, The History of BTL
Source: AccessVision
Kurt Thornton’s history show.
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