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Black History Month
MARY CHAFFEE, Evergreen illustrator
February 22, 2024
February is Black History Month and we’re honoring four Black Americans who have made a great impact in the country’s history. Willie Mae Thornton, an influential R&B singer and song writer, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the first Black brigadier general in the United States Air Force, Marsha P. Johnson, a gay liberation and AIDS activist, and Bayard Rustin, a politcal activist for civil and gay rights.
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MARY CHAFFEE, Evergreen illustrator
Mary Chaffee is a graphic illustrator for the Daily Evergreen. She is a senior DTC and Fine Arts major from Nine Mile Falls, Washington. Mary started working for the Daily Evergreen in Summer 2023.