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Stories by Yvonne Guzman

Yvonne Guzman

Black History: Author Dorothy West Is Celebrated at 90

February 18, 2019
Yvonne Guzman

From the Sept. 2, 1997 Gazette. Dorothy West, the great African-American writer who turned 90 this summer, was the guest of honor at a spectacular birthday party Friday afternoon inside the Union...

Alarm of Aquinnah Leadership Leads to Requests for Protection

April 30, 1999
Yvonne Guzman

Perhaps more than any other Island town, Aquinnah changes with each new house built there.   Because of the town’s unique topography — there are relatively few woodlands, and the...

One America: Vineyard Joins U.S. Dialogue On Race Issue

February 6, 1998
Yvonne Guzman

  Building One America is our most important mission...Money cannot buy it. Power cannot compel it. Technology cannot create it. It can only come from the human spirit. - President Clinton,...

Author Dorothy West Is Celebrated at 90

September 2, 1997
Yvonne Guzman

Dorothy West, the great African-American writer who turned 90 this summer, was the guest of honor at a spectacular birthday party Friday afternoon inside the Union Chapel. Well over 500 people...

Panel on Race Defines Issues

September 2, 1997
Yvonne Guzman

The opinions were as varied as they were emphatic: There have been great opportunities lost in the area of civil rights. Poverty affects 43 per cent of all black children in the United States, the...

Indian Gambling Casino Collapses on Beacon Hill; Tribe Wants Bingo Hall

May 2, 1997
Yvonne Guzman

The proposed casino was supposed to be a winning bet for all, a rich deal that would be as much of a boon to state taxpayers as it would to the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).   For...

Officer Accused of Racist Acts is Put on Indefinite Paid Leave as Full Investigation Continues

April 25, 1997
Yvonne Guzman

Tisbury police officer John Dillon -- who has been under fire from the NAACP for allegedly racist acts against the town's only African-American patrolman -- is on indefinite paid administrative...

NAACP Urges Dismissal of Officer

March 28, 1997
Yvonne Guzman

The Martha's Vineyard NAACP this week called for the immediate dismissal of John Dillon, a Tisbury police patrolman who has been charged with racism by a fellow officer. In a three-page letter...

Tisbury Is Embroiled in Heated Dispute As Police Deal with Charges of Racism

March 21, 1997
Yvonne Guzman

Charges of racism erupted this week at the Tisbury police department, with the town's only African-American year-round officer saying he has been the subject of harassment, jokes and even an...

Charter School Serves Students By Innovating

November 15, 1996
Yvonne Guzman

The classroom is both comfortable and practical. Furnished with stacks of books, a Macintosh computer and a sprawling leather sofa, it is a bright room with windows offering a view of a forest and...

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