Today’s Black History Month feature isn’t a person. It is an institution-The Highlander Folk School. Ella Baker and Septima Clark taught here for years. This school served as the meeting place for the people that would ultimately form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, SNCC.
It’s important that we have schools like this to teach the community how to organize and be civically engaged.
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Museums will welcome guests to an alluring evening of art and intrigue at Spellbound: Fall Fundraiser 2026 on Thursday, October 22, from 6 to 8:30 pm. The 21+ event will celebrate the reopening of the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum following an extensive restoration project while raising funds to support…
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