Yuma Chapter NAACP

Yuma NAACP chapter president Beverly Cade, whose family attended G.W. Carver Elementary in its earliest days as a segregated school, reflects on preserving Black history.

For Black History Month, the KAWC Student Newsroom spoke with members of the Black community in Yuma. They share its turbulent past and the welcoming present.

Community members came together Monday for Yuma’s 38th Commemorative Martin Luther King Jr. march.

This June 19th marks the 152nd anniversary of delayed freedom. “Juneteenth”, as it is called, marks the day Texas slaves were freed, two and a half years…