OBERLIN, Ohio – A controversial vote put an end to Columbus Day in Oberlin Monday night. City Council voted unanimously to instead celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October, capping a months-long debate that many agreed was about much more than a name. While Council spoke with one voice, those in attendance […]
Oberlin College cancels classes to address racial incidents By Laura Ly, CNN (CNN) — Oberlin College in Ohio suspended classes Monday after a student reported seeing a person resembling a Ku Klux Klan member near the college’s Afrikan Heritage House. The sighting of the person wearing a white hood and robe was reported early Monday […]