Dear Readers,
What does it mean to celebrate Black History Month? For me, as a Black woman and a person whose ancestors were forced to leave their homeland in Africa and forced into slave labor, it means to revisit our collective history. It means grappling with what remains today in how Black people are still treated centuries after the injustices done to the bodies, minds, and souls, of my ancestors. It wasn’t until COVID hit that I traced my DNA back to Nigeria, North East England, and Germany to discover my own roots.
In David Wright’s article, Black History Month in Stratford, he revisits the plight of slaves who called Stratford home, even though they didn’t have the freedom to even cross the Housatonic River without the permission of their master. Honoring the plight of those we could now know in this life, means we have choices to make about how we treat each other.
This week, our Kid Reporters share their Must Reads for their peers, further conveying that we can all learn a little something from one another, even the youngest of the bunch.
