The Let’s Ketchup Podcast celebrated its one year in production with star guest Jane Elliott!
On the day of Martin Luther King’s assassination, the third grade teacher conducted a racial experiment in the classroom that would define her 60-year career and commitment to ending racism.
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Jane Elliott is…
Of the 487 supervisor positions available during the 2019 fiscal year, 10 African-Americans hold that role and even fewer are shared among Asian, Hispanic or Latin American, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander employees. Two out of 21 department heads are African-American, all others white.
“I wanted to tell people that you can be whatever you want to be,” says 8-year old author Trinity Anderson of Black Girl Magic Sprinkles.
The story of Black Girl Magic Sprinkles is about a little black girl aspiring to become a teacher but is discouraged because she cannot find any who look like her. With her…
On Tuesday, the city held a ceremony to change a street name to Scotty’s Bus Lane, an homage to a Frederick legend.
Raymond Scott, one of the pioneers in the local food truck circuit, founded Scotty’s Bus over 50 years ago. The hot dog connoisseur transformed a bus into a diner that traveled all over…
Could what happened in Minneapolis, happen in Frederick? Could there have been a George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, or Breonna Taylor in our city?
While nationwide protests spotlight police departments far and wide, Frederick has its own ugly history of police conduct it must face. Today, one could debate local law enforcement…
Damon Mackin is a local documentarian who produced The Quarantine Project, a visual that captures present-day during COVID-19 season.
8:32 PM – The crowd trickles in the streets as the rally ends. A scream echoes, ricocheting in alleyways and reaches the city hall steps.
