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Let’s Talk about Juneteenth
We should not continue to be subjected to tokenism and erasure because leaders of cities and organizations want to check the box on the two “Black things” a year – Black History Month and Juneteenth.
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Sonoma’s hidden history of segregation
Sonoma, like other suburban locations in the U.S., has a mythology to uphold. How can segregated living patterns be addressed and replaced if they are not admitted?
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Light Skin Privilege: A Xicana Reflection of Sandra Bland’s Death on What Would Have Been Her 37th Birthday
“Now I know what my purpose is. My purpose is to go back to Texas. My purpose is to stop all social injustice in the South.”—Sandra Bland Those are the words that Sandra Bland told her mother before traveling from Chicago to Prairie View, Texas’ A & M University, her alma mater, for a job…
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Black History Month 2024
*This is an adaptation of President Lange’s Keynote given at the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) Inaugural Black History Month Kickoff Celebration * This month’s theme of African Americans in the Arts dovetails beautifully with our organizational Theme of “For Culture, For Community.” The interaction of the richness of arts, culture and Black history,…
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Sonoma County Slavery Historical Research Project Update – January 2024
Picking hops near Healdsburg | Sarah, Amanda, Ellen, Taylor, Edmond Tombs | Photographer unknown, c. 1875 | Courtesy Healdsburg Museum and Sonoma County Museum On Juneteenth in 2023, the Santa Rosa-Sonoma County NAACP announced the official launch of the first, comprehensive historical research project on slavery in Sonoma County. Created in partnership with Sonoma State…
