NORTHAMPTON — In the community room of the Hampshire County Jail on Friday morning, one inmate after another approached a podium and together read all 44 stanzas of Frederick Douglass’ classic speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.” Sitting in their orange scrubs or grey sweat suits, some enjoyed coffee and muffins […]
Author Archives: Samuel Gelinas
Samuel Gelinas is the hilltown reporter with the Daily Hampshire Gazette, covering the towns of Williamsburg, Cummington, Goshen, Chesterfield, Plainfield, and Worthington, and also the City of Holyoke. He can be reached at sgelinas@gazettenet.com.
