(Photo by CAROLINE LOBSINGER)
Participants gather for a Juneteenth sit-in at the corner of Fourth and Cedar on Friday. The holiday commemorates June 19, 1865 — the date the last slaves in the United States were freed — about two years after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
June 20, 2020
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A change of pace, reporting on race
SANDPOINT —This is my first time writing an article about racism. Most reporters would be advised not to admit that, to cling to their credibility and focus on the subject being interviewed, but I am not ashamed about my lack of experience.