Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
Photo by Paige Sutter/The Daily Standard

Valerie Boyer, Columbus, gives a presentation about the coded language of Negro Spirituals during the Underground Railroad during an Auglaize County Historical Society event at the St. Paul's United Church of Christ in St. Marys on Tuesday evening.

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ST. MARYS - In honor of Black History Month, Valerie Boyer, an activist, musician and educator, discussed Negro spirituals, a type of religious folksong that enslaved people sang and their descendants still sing today. [More]
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