Written by Chris Rader Those who have seen Brave Space Media’s documentary “Expedition Reclamation,” shot in November 2020, will recognize Karen Francis-McWhite as one of the women of color profiled…

Written by Chris Rader Few people, living or dead, could compete with Wenatchee’s Fred Collins at shining shoes. He asserted that he had shined and cleaned 1,500,000 shoes during his…

Written by Chris Rader From a simple beginning in the segregated city of Little Rock, Arkansas during the Great Depression to a civically-involved community leader in Los Angeles, to an…

Written by Chris Rader Leavenworth in the 1890s was a growing railroad town with a few hundred residents. At least two of these early settlers were Black: Frank and Mary…

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