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A Story of High Seas Heroism: The Recapture of the Schooner S.J. Waring by William Tillman

April 8, 2023

By Dannie D. Gore, Sr. William Tillman, a steward and cook on the merchant schooner S.J. Waring, was faced with a brutal choice: slavery or death. The vessel was boarded by men from the rebel privateer Jeff Davis, and Tillman was told that he, like the ship, was southern property and would be sold into bondage when […]

Award-winning Philanthropist Channing H. Tobias Broke Barriers at YMCA

November 23, 2022

Channing H. Tobias, an award-winning philanthropist, served as senior secretary of the YMCA’s Colored Work Department from 1924 to 1946. He was a delegate and a speaker at the 1926 World Conference in Finland and traveled to YMCAs throughout the world during his career. After leaving the YMCA in 1946, he became the firs director […]

COVID-19 and Racism

June 12, 2021

Koi, 13 and Valeska,13, TheNew3Rs Class of 2021 The Coronavirus Pandemic, which had claimed over 500,000 lives, has brought the health disparities between different races to light. Black people/ African Americans have a larger chance of catching the disease, getting hospitalized and death compared to White people. Because of lack of proper healthcare or cannot […]