But complains about jobs
Eighty years in one place tends to mellow problems.
Perhaps it’s an understanding that comes from not only hearing about changes but living through them.
Or perhaps the years simply blur the contradictions into accepted reality. Continue reading
Is it a ghetto surrounded by psychological barriers?
This is the first in a series of six articles by Sandy Blumenfeld about Marion’s “community within a community,” Gent’s addition, the heart of Marion’s black community.
A community within a community, a fixed area within an expanding city. Continue reading
Powell Barnett was born in Marion, November 21, 1892, the son of the late Nelson and Ada Gray Barnett. Powell was a well-known Marion citizen and church and community worker. Continue reading