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Mental health and substance abuse support programs in Pennsylvania are reeling and worried about the future after the federal government recently cut their funding and then quickly reversed the cuts.
Kids in kindergarten through 12th grade are encouraged to submit their original poems, by February 28th, to WPSU's Student Poetry Contest! The winning poems in each category will be read on the air on WPSU-FM in April. Click below for more information.
![Library of Congress: Wilmington, N.C. race riot, 1898: montage of 5 photos: (1) Alfred M. Waddell; (2) Manhattan Park, where shooting took place; (3) 4th and Harnet, where first Black Americans fell; (4) E.G. Parmalee, new chief of police (5) The wrecked "Record" building and group of vigilantes]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/278ecec/2147483647/strip/true/crop/640x496+0+0/resize/840x652!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F67%2Fd7%2Fdc205feb4d859bac336ea6a68f03%2Fwilmington-riots.jpg)
This special for Black History Month tells the story of an act of racial violence designed to eliminate all memory of a highly successful Black community in Wilmington, North Carolina back in 1898. That suppression involved racist mobs, as well as historians, city planners, journalists and countless others. Listen Thursday, February 5 at 3 p.m. on WPSU-FM
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