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Baldwin H.S. senior releases debut novel Revels searched for a lesserknown historical figure in Black history. A conversation What began as a Black Histo- with an aunt led him to Hiram ry Month assignment about Revels, and later that year to seven years ago has grown into journals, records and family a published novel — the first documents that sparked a deeppart of a trilogy — for an er curiosity. 18-year-old high school senior “I thought it was really who turned a family discovery interesting,” Revels said about into a deep exploration of his- discovering his family connectory, identity and tion to the senator. purpose. “I would ask peoBruce Revels III, ple, ‘Do you know a senior at Baldwin who Hiram Revels High School, is?’ and they would released his debut say no. So I was novel, “The Black like, there’s a story Senator: Sons of here.” Struggle,” earlier His research this month. The began years before work of historical the first chapter fiction, which Rev- BRuCE REVElS III was written. Revels els self-published, Author compiled historical follows Hiram records, timelines Rhodes Revels, the and primary sourcfirst African-American elected es, then built the narrative to the U.S. Senate and the around known events. Where author’s g reat-g reat-g reat- gaps existed, particularly in grandfather. undocumented years, the story Blending documented histo- fills in with carefully imagined ry with imagined moments, the scenes grounded in historical book traces Revels’s early life, context. from 1827 through the start of “I would go through historithe Civil War, offering a win- cal records, voting records, difdow into slavery-era America ferent websites, magazines, and and the antebellum period. I would write down all of my The idea took shape in 2019, Continued on page 18 during a school project, when
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Year of the Horse painting party at the BPl The Baldwin Public Library invited the community’s young artists to celebrate Lunar New Year with a Year of the Horse painting party. Above, Baldwin’s elementary artists show off the painting they made at the BPL on Feb. 21. Story, more photos, Page 10.
Blizzard blankets Baldwin with over a foot of snow earlier this week By AllYSoN FERRARI aferrari@liherald.com
A powerful nor’easter swept across Baldwin and the rest of Long Island on Sunday night and Monday, dumping more than a foot of snow accompanied by strong winds that prompted school closures and a countywide travel ban, and leaving hazardous driving conditions in its wake. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning from 1 p.m. Sunday through 6 p.m. Monday, warning of heavy snowfall, strong wind gusts and periods of near-whiteout conditions. Snow began falling Sunday afternoon and intensified
into the evening, with the heaviest bands overnight into early Monday morning. By the time the storm tapered off, totals across Nassau County ranged from roughly 12 to 18 inches, with gusty winds making travel especially dangerous at the height of the storm. Nassau County officials imposed a temporary travel ban, urging residents to remain off the roads to allow plows and emergency crews to operate safely. Only essential and emergency vehicles were permitted to travel while crews worked to clear main roadways. Plows worked through the storm to clear major Continued on page 6
oing what is right matters more than doing what is expected.